Dictionary

critically en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kə.li/ (UK)
• /ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kə.li/ (Australia, Canada, US)
• /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk.li/ (Australia, Canada, US)
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• [ˈkɹɪɾ.ɪk.li] (Australia, Canada, US)
• /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk.li/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *krey- Proto-Indo-European *-n- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *krinyéti Proto-Hellenic *kríňňō Ancient Greek κρῑ́νω (krī́nō) Ancient Greek κρῐ- (krĭ-) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek κρῐτής (krĭtḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κριτικός (kritikós)bor. Latin criticus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English critical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English critically From critical + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
   • I looked critically at the frayed carpet of the hotel room.
   • Girard critically examines Nietzsche's central contention that Christianity is a religion of sublimated vengeance or ressentiment and contents that although Nietzsche is half right about Christians he remains dangerously naive about violence itself. 2008 November 24, Giles Fraser, “On the Genealogy of Morals, part 5: Breaking the cycle of conflict”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2. In terms of critique, review, of or by critics
   • a critically applauded film
3. With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
   • Thus difficult it is to underſtand the purity of Engliſh, and critically to diſcern not only good Writers from bad, and a proper ſtile from a corrupt, but alſo to diſtinguiſh that which is pure in a good Author, from that which is vicious and corrupt in him. 1685, John Dryden, transl., “Preface”, in Sylvæ: Or, The Second Part of Poetical Miscellanies, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC; reprinted Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, page 19:
4. At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
   • Coming critically the night before the session. a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published 1724, →OCLC:
   • a fortification critically situated
5. Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse.
   • critically ill
   • critically endangered
   • critically injured

Forms

Antonyms

uncritically

Deriveds

subcritically · critically endangered · critically damped · postcritically · noncritically

Translations (12)

ro critic (in a critical manner, with criticism) · es críticamente (in a critical manner, with criticism) · ar اِنْتِقَاد (in a critical manner, with criticism) · cs kriticky (in a critical manner, with criticism) · ru крити́чно (in a critical manner, with criticism) · ca críticament (in a critical manner, with criticism) · ro în mod critic (in a critical manner, with criticism) · nl kritiek (in a critical manner, with criticism) · eo kritike (in terms of critique, review) · hy քննադատաբար (in a critical manner, with criticism) · it criticamente (in a critical manner, with criticism) · sk kriticky (in a critical manner, with criticism)