Critically
/ˈkrɪtɪkli/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adverbIn a way that involves careful judgment or analysis.
adverbIn a dangerously serious condition.
Extra definitions
adverbBy examining weaknesses.
adverbIn a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
adverbIn terms of critique, review, of or by critics
Sentence Examples
Think critically about sources.
The patient was critically ill.
The paper critically evaluates the theory.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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Word Origin & History
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
“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:
“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:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Think ____ about sources.