momentously
adverb
uk/məˈmen.təs.li/us/məˈmen.t̬əs.li/in a way that is veryimportantbecause ofeffectsonfutureevents:
Thesegoalsare momentouslyimportantto Peter.
TheSecurityCouncilmetmomentously twoyearsago toagreeon aresolutionwhichledtowar.
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momentous
- This was a momentouslyjoyousoccasionfor us.
- More momentously, on thenightof hisarrivalhemetthe woman who was tobecomehiswife.
- It israrethat something momentouslyimportantyetwhollygoodhappensininternationallife.
Very important or urgent
- all-important
- at all cost(s)idiom
- be a matter of life and/or deathidiom
- chief
- clutch
- co-principal
- life-and-death
- life-changing
- mainly
- major league
- make the world go around/roundidiom
- meaningful
- pressing
- prominent
- radical
- revalorization
- revalorize
- sacred
- salient
- subtle