vital
adjective
of or relating to life.
vitally
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a word derived from
vital.
Example Sentences
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“They’re vitally important to our food supply chain, arguably more important.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
It may be hard to think of Nixon as a moral president or to reduce Reagan to such a simplistic theorem, but Mr. Westad’s point is vitally true in the sense that he means it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
"It is vitally important that if national security interests are at stake, that there's not what I would say is a huge blind spot," Clayton said, defending the move.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
Ben Greuel, wildlife campaign manager at the Sierra Club, called the decision “an unlawful attempt to open the door for corporate polluters to degrade vitally important habitats.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
It was vitally necessary to conceal this fact from the outside world.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
