critically
adv. manneradv. in a way that looks closely at the good and bad parts of something. You also use it to say that something is very serious or important.
adv. in a manner that involves careful judgment or evaluation of merits and faults. Also functions as an intensifier to indicate a state of extreme importance or danger.
You should think critically about the news you read online.
The hospital reported that the driver was critically injured but is now in stable condition.
To succeed in higher education, students must learn to read critically, questioning the underlying assumptions of every text rather than accepting the author's conclusions at face value.
From critical + -ly.
When used to mean 'seriously', it often modifies adjectives like 'ill', 'injured', or 'important'.