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cardinally
adverb
formaluk /ˈkɑː.dɪ.nəl.i/ us /ˈkɑːr.dɪ.nəl.i/
in a basic or very important way:
In what follows, I offer a way of coming to cardinally definitive or precise conclusions in difficult cases.
The case of the right-wing intelligentsia during the 1920s–1930s seems to differ cardinally even from that in similar countries.
Let's assume that utility is not only cardinally measurable but also comparable between individuals.
However strong they may be in attack, they remain cardinally short on strategic coherence.
It was clear that they had broken a cardinally important rule.
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