cardinal
noun
a high ecclesiastic appointed by the pope to the College of Cardinals and ranking above every other ecclesiastic but the pope.
cardinally
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a word derived from
cardinal.
Example Sentences
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The magistrate, Peter Law, said "national security is cardinally important to public interests and the whole nation," while imposing a custodial sentence that fell short of the six months maximum jail term for the charge.
From Reuters ● Mar. 11, 2023
“The internet can’t change anything cardinally, but morally it puts them down,” Mr. Bolnakov said of the authorities.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2019
“Well the situation in Ukraine has changed, and it’s changed cardinally for the best.”
From Slate ● Mar. 14, 2014
There were three of these, cardinally differing from each other in their theories of the future fate of man.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by William Rounseville Alger
Neither Germany, France, Britain, Italy, nor Russia can live prosperously if its trade and enterprise is shut out from this cardinally important area.
From In the Fourth Year Anticipations of a World Peace by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
