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importantly

 adverb
     
im‧por‧tant‧ly
1 [sentence adverb] used to show that your next statement or question is more, equally etc important than what you said before
more/most/less/equally importantly
Most importantly, you must keep a record of everything you do.
2 in a way that shows you think that what you are saying or doing is important:
He strode importantly into the room.
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