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To a degree that is necessary for life.

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Usage examples (39)
  • This is vitally important
  • Adjective : vital processes. ,a vital leader. ,the vital organs. ,vital fluids. ,vital for a healthy society. ,a vital error....
  • WFP-private sector partnerships bring in vitally needed funds and critical expertise.
  • And yet, I say again, they can hurt us vitally -- mark the word vitally -- only so far as we place the opportunity within their power.
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