first and foremost
Adverb
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Adverb
- (set phrase) Primarily; most importantly.
- 1845 October – 1846 June, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], Wuthering Heights: A Novel, volume IX, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, publisher, […], published December 1847, OCLC 156123328 ↗:
- "There are many things to be considered before that question can be answered properly," I said, sententiously. "First and foremost, do you love Mr. Edgar?"
- above all; see also Thesaurus:above all
- French: d’abord et avant tout, avant tout
- German: vor allem, in erster Linie
- Portuguese: primeiramente e sobretudo
- Russian: в пе́рвую о́чередь
- Spanish: antes que nada, sobretodo
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