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critically

Variant of critical

adjective

  1. tending to find fault; censorious
  2. characterized by careful analysis and judgment: a sound critical estimate of the problem
  3. of critics or criticism
  4. of or forming a crisis or turning point; decisive
  5. dangerous or risky; causing anxiety: a critical situation in international relations
  6. of the crisis of a disease
  7. designating or of important products or raw materials subject to increased production and restricted distribution under strict control, as in wartime
    1. designating or of a point at which a change in character, property, or condition is effected
    2. designating or of the point at which a nuclear chain reaction becomes self-sustaining

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