Vitally
What it means
In an essential, energetic, or life-supporting way.
Reach for it when marking something as essential to life, success, or proper functioning
Wetlands remain vitally important to the region's water supply.
Words to choose between 5
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everyday
importantly
Fits when significance deserves notice without claiming necessity
Careful Importance is weaker than vital dependence.
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everyday
urgently
Fits when immediate timing is the concern
Careful Urgency does not establish long-term importance.
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professional
crucially
Fits when the point can determine the outcome
Careful Crucially signals logic more than life or function.
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formal
essentially
Fits when something is fundamentally necessary
Careful Essentially can also mean in basic terms.
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literary
indispensably
Fits when nothing else can take the same role
Careful Indispensably is awkward and highly absolute.
Opposites 3
- trivially
- optionally
- irrelevantly
Common phrases 3
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vitally important
Reliable translation is vitally important during emergency intake.
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vitally connected
Wetland health is vitally connected to the town's water supply.
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vitally necessary
Shade is vitally necessary for seedlings during the first summer.
Word family 2
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Vealhurl, Southern England accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Updated