• Critically

    Origin

    critical + -ly

    Full definition of critically

    Adverb

    critically

    1. In a critical manner; with criticism.
    2. With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
      • DrydenCritically to discern good writers from bad.
    3. At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.a fortification critically situated
      • Bishop BurnetComing critically the night before the session.
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