vitally

ADVERB

essentially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actually approximately necessarily originally permanently quite really substantially truly typically virtually

STRONG

fundamentally

WEAK

at heart at the heart of centrally characteristically chiefly determinately factually importantly in effect in essence indispensably inherently intimately intrinsically materially more or less so naturally primarily principally radically significantly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully

WEAK

apparently on the surface superficially

ADVERB

exceedingly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awfully enormously excessively extraordinarily extremely highly hugely inordinately really remarkably strikingly terribly unusually vastly

WEAK

especially greatly immoderately in a marked degree powerful superlatively surpassingly too much

Antonyms

STRONGEST

little

ADVERB

extremely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acutely awfully exceedingly exceptionally excessively extraordinarily highly hugely immensely inordinately intensely overly quite remarkably severely strikingly terribly terrifically too totally uncommonly unduly unusually utterly very

WEAK

almighty drastically exorbitantly immoderately markedly mortally notably over overmuch parlous plenty powerful prohibitively radically rarely surpassingly to nth degree too much ultra violently

Antonyms

STRONGEST

incompletely little

WEAK

mildly moderately

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 cardinally come what may compulsorily consequently exigently from within fundamentally incontrovertibly indubitably ineluctably inescapably inexorably irresistibly of course of necessity perforce positively pressingly significantly unpreventably 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 cardinally 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

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily trivially

Example Sentences

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"It is vitally important that people understand the risk posed by high temperatures like these, and take steps to keep themselves and their friends, families and neighbours safe," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2026

It speaks to the central paradox of our national origins: A revolution that repudiated allegiance to the British Constitution was nevertheless vitally inspired by that very constitutional inheritance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

RTX unit Raytheon previously announced five "landmark" Pentagon agreements that Calio described as "vitally important for national security."

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Now that the vitally important strategic chokepoint has been blocked once, the key players in the region have witnessed its closure once and now know it can happen again.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

First, no cereal crops were domesticated in New Guinea, whereas several vitally important ones were domesticated in the Fertile Crescent, Sahel, and China.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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