crucially

1. 1.

   to a crucial degree

   “crucially important”

   “crucially, he must meet us at the airport”

Questions about crucially

What does crucially mean?

crucially means "to a crucial degree".

How many syllables are in crucially?

crucially has 3 syllables: cru-cial-ly. The stress falls on "cru". In IPA it is /ˈkɹuʃəli/.

Is crucially a common word?

crucially is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.