rare.
a. The quality of being critical. b. A critical remark, criticism. c. A critical moment, crisis.
1756. Gray, Lett., Wks. 1884, II. 299. [I] hope to despatch you a packet with my criticalities entire.
1843. Carleton, Traits, I. 143. At this criticality every eye was turned from the corpse to the murderer.
