All 10 Uses of
critical
in
A Room With A View
- For her taste was catholic, and she extended uncritical approval to every well-known name.†
Chpt 4uncritical = not finding faultstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in uncritical means not and reverses the meaning of critical. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Youth seldom criticizes the accomplished fact.†
Chpt 8criticizes = gives an opinion of what is wrong with somethingstandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- He half fancied that the soaring accompaniment—which he did not lose in the shout of the gale—really agreed with Freddy, and was gently criticizing the words that it adorned: "Vacant heart and hand and eye Easy live and quiet die."†
Chpt 18 *criticizing = giving an opinion of what is wrong with somethingstandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- And though Miss Bartlett and Miss Lavish had planned all the morning how the people were to sit, at the critical moment when the carriages came round they lost their heads, and Miss Lavish got in with Lucy, while Miss Bartlett, with George Emerson and Mr. Beebe, followed on behind.†
Chpt 6
- She looked at her gloves critically.†
Chpt 7 *
- At the critical moment Miss Bartlett opened her own door, and her voice said: "I wish one word with you in the drawing-room, Mr. Emerson, please."†
Chpt 7 *
- Cecil greeted him rather critically.†
Chpt 8
- Away from it, in the solitude of their rooms, Mr. Beebe, and even Freddy, might again be critical.†
Chpt 8
- He chanced to be in a lucid critical mood, and would not sympathize with exaltation.†
Chpt 15
- I agree so much that you must let me make one little criticism: Is it worth while rushing off to Greece?†
Chpt 18
Definitions:
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(1)
(critical as in: a critical problem) important, serious, or dangerous
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(2)
(critical as in: don't be so critical) finding fault and telling others; or tending to have unfavorable opinions
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(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
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
See a comprehensive dictionary for more specialized senses of critical including those in mathematics and nuclear energy.