# critically

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk.li/ · frequency rank #8,532

## Definitions
1. In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism.
2. In terms of critique, review, of or by critics
3. With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
4. At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence.
5. Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse.

## Etymology
From critical + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **critical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/critical-vs-critically)
- **clinically** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clinically-vs-critically)
- **criminally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/criminally-vs-critically)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ccritically`, `cirtically`, `criitcally`, `critcially`, `critiaclly`, `criticallyy`, `criticaly`, `criticalyl`, `criticcally`, `criticlaly`, `crittically`, `crritically`, `crtiically`, `rcitically`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/critically