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“critically” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

critically
critica ratione; ad criticam rationem: accurate (carefully; e.g., perscribere): critically correct, *ad criticam rationem emendatus (F.A. Wolf): to correct critically, *ad criticam rationem corrigere; *a corruptelarum sordibus judicando purgare: to treat (anything) critically (e.g., history, etc.), *critica ratione tractare: to explain critically and grammatically, critica grammaticaque ratione interpretari.
Dangerously; e.g., the state is very critically situated, res publica in discrimen adducta est; in ancipiti est res publica.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for critically?
The usual Latin words for “critically” are accūrō, perscrībō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.