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critical
in
Anne Of Green Gables
(Edited)

It almost seemed to her that those secret, unuttered, critical thoughts had suddenly taken visible and accusing shape and form in the person of this outspoken morsel of neglected humanity.
p. 80.5

critical = expressing unfavorable opinions
You don't go to school to criticize the master.
p. 104.1

criticize = give an opinion of what is wrong with

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
These stood or fell by the judgment of the fathers and mothers in Israel; but a certain small, red-haired girl who sat meekly in the corner of the old Cuthbert pew also had her opinions about them and discussed the same in full with Matthew, Marilla always declining from principle to criticize ministers in any shape or form.
p. 165.6

criticize = give opinions of what is wrong with something

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Not a kindred spirit, of course; but still I like him and I'm awfully sorry I ever criticized his prayers.
p. 183.2

criticized = gave an unfavorable opinion of

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Anne expanded like a flower under this wholesome influence and carried home to the admiring Matthew and the critical Marilla glowing accounts of schoolwork and aims.
p. 186.1

critical = with a tendency to find fault
She had an uneasy feeling that it was rather sinful to set one's heart so intensely on any human creature as she had set hers on Anne, and perhaps she performed a sort of unconscious penance for this by being stricter and more critical than if the girl had been less dear to her.
p. 233.2
Mrs. Rachel and Marilla sat comfortably in the parlor while Anne got the tea and made hot biscuits that were light and white enough to defy even Mrs. Rachel's criticism.
p. 242.2

criticism = fault-finding
Miss Stacy sometimes has us write a story for training in composition, but she won't let us write anything but what might happen in Avonlea in our own lives, and she criticizes it very sharply and makes us criticize our own too.
p. 248.3

criticizes = points to faults in

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Miss Stacy sometimes has us write a story for training in composition, but she won't let us write anything but what might happen in Avonlea in our own lives, and she criticizes it very sharply and makes us criticize our own too.
p. 248.3

criticize = point to faults in

standard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
"You've done pretty well, I must say, Anne," said Marilla, trying to hide her extreme pride in Anne from Mrs. Rachel's critical eye.
p. 257.4 *

critical = with a tendency to find fault
Diana pursed up her lips, put her black head on one side critically, and finally pronounced in favor of the beads, which were thereupon tied around Anne's slim milk-white throat.
p. 260.6 *

critically = with thoughtful examination
Everything was so strange, so brilliant, so bewildering—the rows of ladies in evening dress, the critical faces, the whole atmosphere of wealth and culture about her.
p. 264.1

critical = making judgments
Ruby Gillis was the handsomest girl of the year at the Academy; in the Second Year classes Stella Maynard carried off the palm for beauty, with small but critical minority in favor of Anne Shirley.
p. 277.4 *

critical = important
But she never sharpened the latter on Anne, who continued to be a prime favorite with the critical old lady.
p. 277.9

critical = with a tendency to find fault

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(1) (critical as in: a critical problem)
important, serious, or dangerous
(2) (critical as in: don't be so critical)
finding fault and telling others; or tending to have unfavorable opinions
(3) (critical as in: critical acclaim)
relating to careful analysis or thoughtful judgement of what is good and bad about something -- possibly from people whose job is to share their expert opinions in a given industry
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
See a comprehensive dictionary for more specialized senses of critical including those in mathematics and nuclear energy.

critical in Anne Of Green Gables (Edited)

critical
in
Anne Of Green Gables
(Edited)