unimportantly
In negligible fashion
In a way that lacks significance or consequence.
The word is rare—when something happens without importance, English speakers typically rephrase rather than reach for this adverb: He shrugged unimportantly might become He shrugged, as if it didn't matter.
In unimportant manner
- inconsequentiallyWithout meaningful effect
- negligiblyTo a trifling extent
- marginallyTo a minor extent
- peripherallyIn a marginal way
secondarily · incidentally · insubstantially · immaterially · petty · trifling · ancillary · superficially
In a loosely related way
- extraneouslyIn an unrelated manner
- off-topicUnrelated to discussion
- unrelatedHaving no link
- disconnectedlyIn unlinked fragments
digressively · parenthetically · incidentally · detachedly · impertinently · inconsequentially · pointlessly · needlessly
Showing something unworthy of consideration
- unnoticeablyWithout being perceived
- unremarkablyIn an ordinary manner
- forgettablyIn an unmemorable manner
- anonymouslyWithout disclosing identity
invisibly · unnoted · obscurely · inconspicuously · unheeded · sidelined · overshadowed · passingly
trivially
In unimportant manner
- inconsequentiallyWithout meaningful effect
- negligiblyTo a trifling extent
- marginallyTo a minor extent
peripherally · secondarily · incidentally · insubstantially · immaterially · petty · trifling · ancillary · superficially · slightly
tangentially
In a loosely related way
- extraneouslyIn an unrelated manner
- off-topicUnrelated to discussion
- unrelatedHaving no link
disconnectedly · digressively · parenthetically · incidentally · detachedly · impertinently · inconsequentially · pointlessly · needlessly · gratuitously
dismissively
Showing something unworthy of consideration
- unnoticeablyWithout being perceived
- unremarkablyIn an ordinary manner
- forgettablyIn an unmemorable manner
anonymously · invisibly · unnoted · obscurely · inconspicuously · unheeded · sidelined · overshadowed · passingly · glancingly
unimportantlyimportantly
With great consequence
significantly · crucially · momentously · consequentially · seriously