Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a critical manner; with just discernment of truth or falsehood, propriety or impropriety; with nice scrutiny; accurately; exactly.
- At the crisis; opportunely; in the nick of time.
- In a critical situation, place, or condition; so as to command the crisis.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly.
- adverb At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
critical manner; withcriticism . - adverb With close
discernment ;accurately ;exactly . - adverb At a
crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition ofdecisive consequence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a critical manner
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Examples
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I belong to a generation of Americans that prides itself in critically looking at government policy and being wary of the mistakes of our forefathers.
The Morningside Post: The Hand That Pulls the Trigger The Morningside Post 2010
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I belong to a generation of Americans that prides itself in critically looking at government policy and being wary of the mistakes of our forefathers.
The Morningside Post: The Hand That Pulls the Trigger The Morningside Post 2010
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I belong to a generation of Americans that prides itself in critically looking at government policy and being wary of the mistakes of our forefathers.
The Morningside Post: The Hand That Pulls the Trigger The Morningside Post 2010
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Being able to address issues critically is an important part of our political advocacy and when people are being incarcerated for exchanging sex for payment, this is a political issue.
Sex in America: Can The Conversation Change? « Bound, Not Gagged 2009
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Effect of preextracorporeal membrane oxygenation ventilation days and age on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survival in critically ill children.
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The ability to think critically is always an asset to understanding anything.
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I belong to a generation of Americans that prides itself in critically looking at government policy and being wary of the mistakes of our forefathers.
The Morningside Post: The Hand That Pulls the Trigger The Morningside Post 2010
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It is Superman and those themes that are echoed in critically acclaimed comic books like Hellboy and Invincible, The Authority and even The Watchmen.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » How I Would Reboot Superman 2009
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McNeil “did not see sufficient focus on the role of teacher-librarians in critically addressing the needs of the increasing numbers of racial, cultural, economically disadvantaged, and linguistic minority students who were not doing well in school literacy and other areas critical to success in schools and life.”
October 2008 2008
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McNeil "did not see sufficient focus on the role of teacher-librarians in critically addressing the needs of the increasing numbers of racial, cultural, economically disadvantaged, and linguistic minority students who were not doing well in school literacy and other areas critical to success in schools and life."
October 2008 2008
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