[f. as prec. + -NESS.] The quality or condition of being critical.
1649. Fuller, Just Man’s Funeral, 9. The harlot … tunes her self to the criticalness of all complacencie.
1693. Burnet, Let. Bp. Lloyd, in Brit. Mag., XXXV. 371. That Criticalness … in marking all dates so punctually.
1794. Godwin, Cal. Williams, 10. Struck with the criticalness of the situation.
1822. Lamb, Elia, Roast Pig. Satisfactory to the criticalness of the censorious palate.
