most importantly
First and foremost
Most importantly introduces what the speaker considers the main point or highest-priority item, typically after other considerations have been mentioned: The car is reliable, fuel-efficient, and most importantly, affordable.
Some usage guides prefer "most important" (treating it as an adjective modifying the whole clause), but "most importantly" dominates in contemporary speech and writing.
- cruciallyIn a decisive manner
- essentiallyAt its core nature
- above allBefore other considerations
- primarilyIn the first place
- fundamentallyAt the core level
critically · vitally · chiefly · notably · significantly · paramount · key · central · pivotal · foremost · mainly · first and foremost · key takeaway · urgently · decisive · emphasis · weight · priority
- extremesbest, worst, biggest, smallest, highest
- intensifiersvery, really, extremely, absolutely, incredibly
- emphaticsabsolutely, certainly, definitely, emphasis, indeed
most importantlytrivially
In unimportant manner
incidentally · by the way · insignificantly · marginally · secondarily
most importantlyfor what it's worth
most, importantly, important, importance, import, imports, imported, importing, importer