Synonyms for vitally


Grammar : Adv
Spell : vahyt-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvaɪt l

Top 10 synonyms for vitally Other synonyms for the word vitally

Définition of vitally

Origin :
  • late 14c., "of or manifesting life," from Latin vitalis "of or belonging to life," from vita "life," related to vivere "to live," from PIE root *gwei- (cf. Old Persian *jivaka- "alive;" Greek bios "life," zoon "animal;" Lithuanian gyvata "(eternal) life;" Old English cwic, cwicu "living, alive;" Old Irish bethu "life;" cf. also bio-). The sense of "necessary or important" is from 1610s, via the notion of "essential to life" (late 15c.). Vital capacity recorded from 1852.
  • As in necessarily : adv inevitably, certainly
  • As in principally : adv mainly
  • As in essentially : adv basically
  • As in exceedingly : adv very; exceptionally
  • As in extremely : adv greatly, intensely
Example sentences :
  • They are all vitally necessary for a thorough understanding of life's problems.
  • Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
  • He was always eager to forgive, and the money was vitally necessary.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Never before nor since had the need of a deliverer been so vitally felt.
  • Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • He all but revolutionized French artillery, and vitally influenced other countries.
  • Extract from : « Artillery Through the Ages » by Albert Manucy
  • I came here to discuss the questions in which this section is so vitally interested.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • Marriage is a union, intimate, strong-bound, and vitally active.
  • Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver
  • It is only fair to me, as I am quite as vitally affected as any one in the result.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • Like almost everyone else, he was vitally concerned in this latest affair.
  • Extract from : « Final Weapon » by Everett B. Cole
  • The state of society in America was vitally different from that in England.
  • Extract from : « Washington and his Comrades in Arms » by George Wrong
  • It has oxygen in large amounts, which is vitally needed, but that's the only advantage.
  • Extract from : « Wanted--7 Fearless Engineers! » by Warner Van Lorne

Antonyms for vitally

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