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critically

Adverb

Meaning

In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly.

At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely. E. O. Wilson

Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples. Niklaus Wirth

Even though I wanted to experience all these things I was interested in, I couldn't get them. So I had to think critically and culturally about what was available. Chuck Klosterman

If you write a lovely story about India, you're criticized for selling an exotic version of India. And if you write critically about India, you're seen as portraying it in a negative light - it also seems to be a popular way to present India, sort of mangoes and beggars. Kiran Desai

Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions. Timothy Ferriss

Well, the fact is that one imagination is critically important, and if you have had your imagination stimulated by what is basically a variety of subjects, you are much more amenable to accepting, to understanding and interacting with the realities of the world. Ashley Judd

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