critically adjective
crit·i·cal
The adjective form of critically is critical
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- adjective critically inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily. 1
- adjective critically occupied with or skilled in criticism. 1
- adjective critically involving skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.; judicial: a critical analysis. 1
- adjective critically of or relating to critics or criticism: critical essays. 1
- adjective critically providing textual variants, proposed emendations, etc.: a critical edition of Chaucer. 1
- adjective critically pertaining to or of the nature of a crisis: a critical shortage of food. 1
- adjective critically of decisive importance with respect to the outcome; crucial: a critical moment. 1
- adjective critically of essential importance; indispensable: a critical ingredient. 1
- adjective critically Medicine/Medical. (of a patient's condition) having unstable and abnormal vital signs and other unfavorable indicators, as loss of appetite, poor mobility, or unconsciousness. 1
- adjective critically Physics. pertaining to a state, value, or quantity at which one or more properties of a substance or system undergo a change. (of fissionable material) having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction. 1