CRITICALLY, adverb 1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment of truth or falsehood, propriety or impropriety; with nice scrutiny; accurately; exactly; as, to examine evidence critically; to observe critically 2. At the crisis; at the exact time. 3. In a critical situation, place or condition, so as to command the crisis; as a town critically situated.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI