crucially
/ˈkɹuːʃəli/KROO-shuh-lee
/ˈkɹuʃəli/KROO-shuh-lee
Meaningin a crucial way
Common meaning: in a crucial way (inferred)
- cruca cross, gallowsLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 485 · scan
- ialadjective ending: relating to
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latincrux, crucis‘a cross, gallows’
- Frenchcrucial
- Englishcrucial‘decisive’
- Englishformed in English from crucialcrucially‘in a crucial way (inferred)’ · today
Sources & notes
Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: in a crucial way. It can be inferred from any of: crucial.
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from crucial + -ly (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).
Roots
- crux, crucis Latin “a cross, gallows”
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