criticallyadverb
uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl.i//ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kli/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl.i//ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kli/critically adverb (BADLY)
B2 in a way that is very bad or serious:
They were both critically injured in the accident.
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Serious and severe
- acute
- acutely
- chronic
- critical
- desperate
- dire
- egregious
- gravity
- grievous
- heaviness
- heavy
- mortal
- non-fatal
- serious
- seriously
- severity
- stiffness
- swingeing
- terminal
- utmost
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critically adverb (SHOWING CRITICISM)
B2 in a way that shows criticism of someone or something, or that shows that you have thought seriously about something, considering what is good and what is bad about it :
She looked at him critically but said nothing.
We want all our students to develop into mature citizens who are able to think critically.
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Critical & uncomplimentary
- a cheap shot idiom
- acidulous
- aloof
- astringent
- censorious
- critical
- damning
- deprecating
- disapproving
- hard-hitting
- ill
- pejorative
- pointed
- pointedly
- pungent
- snidely
- uncomplimentary
- venomous
- vitriol
- withering
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Analysing and evaluating
critically adverb (BY CRITICS)
by people whose job is to write or speak about literature, film, etc.:
a critically acclaimed TV series
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Analysing and evaluating
- analyse
- analyser
- analyst
- analytical
- analyze
- critical
- have the measure of sb/sth idiom
- inspect
- inspection
- interpretive
- investigate
- measure
- proof
- set great, little, etc. store by sth idiom
- sift
- sit
- sit in judgment on/over sb idiom
- size sth/sb up
- store
- survey
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