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Princeton's WordNet

  1. criticallyadverb

    in a critical manner

    "this must be examined critically"

Wiktionary

  1. criticallyadverb

    in a critical manner, with criticism

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Criticallyadverb

    In a critical manner; exactly; curiously.

    Etymology: from critical.

    Difficult it is to understand the purity of English, and critically to discern good writers from bad, and a proper stile from a corrupt one. Dryden.

    These shells which are digged up out of the earth, several hundreds of which I now keep by me, have been nicely and critically examined by very many learned men John Woodward.

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  1. critically

    Critically refers to making judgements or evaluations based on careful and thoughtful examination and analysis. It entails probing beyond surface details to understand deeper structures, seeking evidence to support claims and being open to other viewpoints or possibilities. It often applies in context of thinking, reading, writing, speaking or in understanding situations, involving a high level of cognitive processing and intellectual discernment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Criticallyadverb

    in a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly

  2. Criticallyadverb

    at a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of critically in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of critically in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of critically in a Sentence

  1. Adam Smith:

    I also strongly believe it is critically important that Secretary-designate Austin be confirmed as quickly as possible after President-elect Biden becomes President on January 20th.

  2. Michael Connor:

    The investors, through these filings, intend to play a critically important role in holding Facebook, Google and Twitter accountable for what happens on their platforms.

  3. Mary Sano:

    Many people don’t know what this is and so they don’t seek advice when they see victims, it’s critically important to allow people to find out about the disease, and raise awareness about something they need to pay attention to—something they may even be living through.

  4. Bas Huijbregts:

    A lot of people don't know that there's actually five species of rhinos left. And three of those five are critically endangered.

  5. John Boehner:

    We want tax reform. It’s critically important for our country. We’ve got a tax system that no one understands. Not even the IRS understands, if we had a flatter, simpler tax code that would allow 95 percent of the American people to do their own taxes, we ’d have a much healthier economy.

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