critically
English
Etymology
critical + -ly
Adverb
critically (comparative more critically, superlative most critically)
- In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
- a critically applauded film
- I looked critically at the frayed carpet of the hotel room.
- With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
- Dryden
- Critically to discern good writers from bad.
- Dryden
- At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
- a fortification critically situated
- Bishop Burnet
- Coming critically the night before the session.
Antonyms
- uncritically
Translations
in a critical manner, with criticism
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