crucially

adverb

cru·​cial·​ly ˈkrü-sh(ə-)lē How to pronounce crucially (audio)
1
: in a crucial manner
2
: very importantly

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As a result, a fast-moving, turbulent solar wind is escaping from the sun and, crucially, coming straight at Earth. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 But crucially, people are very exhausted by the amount of noise online and by AI slop. Angela Yang, NBC news, 15 May 2026 Since the seventies, the famed Nuyorican Poets Café has blossomed on the Lower East Side as an essential hothouse for arts movements of many stripes, perhaps most crucially as a launching pad for an emergent literati straddling the realms of soul and hip-hop. Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 15 May 2026 The summary also outlines similar protections for background actors and even crucially for minors. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for crucially

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of crucially was in 1879

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“Crucially.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crucially. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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