first and foremost

Definition

Primarily; most importantly.

Example Sentences

• ""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?""
• "First and foremost, there is currently lacking any single text which comes close to cataloguing the great variety of terms in use."
• "That progress has taken over ten years and £20 million to bring to fruition. But, as Mands explains, the journey has been one that HSG has been almost obligated to undertake. "First and foremost, this is an environmental project," she says."