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cardinally

ADVERB

necessarily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

automatically naturally no doubt undoubtedly unquestionably

WEAK

accordingly as a matter of course axiomatically beyond one's control by definition by its own nature come what may compulsorily consequently exigently from within fundamentally incontrovertibly indubitably ineluctably inescapably inexorably irresistibly of course of necessity perforce positively pressingly significantly unpreventably vitally willy-nilly without fail

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully questionably

WEAK

unnecessarily

ADVERB

principally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically chiefly first and foremost generally importantly largely mostly notably particularly predominantly

STRONG

primarily

WEAK

above all before anything else dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all for the most part fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily trivially

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The magistrate, Peter Law, said "national security is cardinally important to public interests and the whole nation," while imposing a custodial sentence that fell short of the six months maximum jail term for the charge.

From Reuters • Mar. 11, 2023

“The internet can’t change anything cardinally, but morally it puts them down,” Mr. Bolnakov said of the authorities.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2019

“Well the situation in Ukraine has changed, and it’s changed cardinally for the best.”

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2014

"Eat an' drink," she said, as if these actions were the cardinally important ones of life.

From The Call of the Canyon by Grey, Zane

Neither Germany, France, Britain, Italy, nor Russia can live prosperously if its trade and enterprise is shut out from this cardinally important area.

From In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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