strategically

strategic stra‧te‧gic [strəˈtiːdʒɪk] adjective

done as part of a plan to gain an advantage or achieve a particular purpose:

• There may be strategic advantages in manufacturers remaining separate from retailers.

• We need to define our strategic goals.

• Strategic decisions are those which determine the long-term policies of the firm.

— strategically adverb :

• This is a strategically important acquisition for the group.

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strategically UK US /strəˈtiːdʒɪkli/ adverb MANAGEMENT

► in a way that relates to what an organization, country, etc. wants to achieve and how it plans actions and uses resources to do this: strategically important/placed/positioned »

The company said it was interested in raising its stakes in strategically important areas.