(sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance.
2009, August 23, Michael Apstein, Here's to good health - maybe, These potentially ground-breaking discoveries need to be tempered by the knowledge that very high doses - the equivalent of 100-plus bottles of red wine daily - were given to mice. Importantly, after resveratrol is absorbed into the blood, it is broken down quickly and may have limited effect in humans.
2001, January/February, Frazier, Ian, Dearly Disconnected., Even sitting in a restaurant, the person on a cell phone seems importantly busy and on the move.
