CRITICALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does critically mean? 

• CRITICALLY (adverb)
  The adverb CRITICALLY has 1 sense:

1. in a critical manner

  Familiarity information: CRITICALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRITICALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a critical manner

Context example:

this must be examined critically

Antonym:

uncritically (in an uncritical manner)

Pertainym:

critical (characterized by careful evaluation and judgment)

 Context examples 

The results highlight the critically important role rest may play in learning.

(Brains may use short rest periods to strengthen memories, National Institutes of Health)

Even the areas identified in the study as suitable for deforestation, they are full of critically endangered species.

(Most countries lose out with forest-to-farm conversions, SciDev.Net)

But researchers have discovered that sharks are critically important to the health of the world's oceans.

(Sharks, the seagrass protectors, National Science Foundation)

Instead, these critically important cells simply fail to develop normally.

(Lack of Oxygen, Not Blood Flow, Delays Brain Maturation in Preterm Infants, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"Aunt March is a regular samphire, is she not?" observed Amy, tasting her mixture critically.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A single person who critically evaluates and reports on laboratory test results, protocols , or other data.

(Central Reviewer, NCI Thesaurus)

A group founded to provide a forum to critically assess different techniques used in microarray data mining.

(Critical Assessment of Microarray Data Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

A health care facility unit that provides intensive care to critically ill patients and patients with complex medical problems who require constant monitoring or special therapy.

(Intensive Care Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

The recipient of this degree must have demonstrated proficiency in a broad area of learning and the ability to critically evaluate work in the discipline.

(Doctor of Philosophy, NCI Thesaurus)

This function is critically dependent on the assembly of multimeric complexes involved in mismatch recognition and signal transduction to downstream repair events.

(DNA Replication Proofreading, NCI Thesaurus)