Definition of "important" adjective comparative more important , superlative most important
Having relevant and crucial value ; having import . quotations examples
Quotations Thus , when he drew up instructions in lawyer language , he expressed the important words by an initial , a medial , or a final consonant , and made scratches for all the words between . His clerks , however , understood him very well .
1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], page 6
(obsolete) Pompous ; self -important . quotations
Quotations " […] It is a match that must give universal satisfaction . In short , it is a kind of thing that "—lowering his voice to an important whisper —"will be exceedingly welcome to all parties ." Recollecting himself , however , he added , "That is , I mean to say —your friends are all truly anxious to see you well settled ; Fanny particularly […] "
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XI, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], page 206