Crit"ic*al*ly, adv.
1.
In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly.
Critically to discern good writers from bad.
Dryden.
2.
At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated.
Coming critically the night before the session.
Bp. Burnet.
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