all-important
[awl-im-pawr-tnt]
- extremely or vitally important; essential.
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Origin of all-important
First recorded in 1830–40
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Examples from the Web for all-important
Contemporary Examples
The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.
Piketty only waves his hands around the all-important question of whether economic inequality undermines democracy.
One agent in particular developed a rapport with Zubaydah and managed to elicit an all-important bit of intelligence.
To create that all-important alcohol content, the fumes are circulated out of the still into condensers.
When It Comes to Great Whisky, The Size of Your Still MattersDecember 9, 2014
Many improbable catastrophes might wreck the all-important Iran negotiations.
Historical Examples
We should have the keys of the door that led to the all-important rooms.
The Prisoner of ZendaAnthony Hope
Nor was Cleo unprepared in the all-important question of the play itself.
Cleo The MagnificentLouis Zangwill
Now it is all-important that the beginning of everything should be according to nature.
TimaeusPlato
The development of this interest and appreciation is the all-important object.
College TeachingPaul Klapper
The spirit and method of attack is all-important; quantity is secondary.
Rural Life and the Rural SchoolJoseph Kennedy
all-important
- crucial; vital
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