criticalness

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“We have one play to make a difference, and they have to understand the significance and the criticalness of that particular play. And I think if we can get that across, we’ll play better.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 12, 2022

Pig," wrote the gentle essayist Charles Lamb, in phrases ardent as a lover's whisper, "is no less provocative of the appetite, than he is satisfactory to the criticalness of the censorious palate.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was glad to escape from the uneasiness of my reflections; and, while engaged with this new friend, I forgot the criticalness of the evils with which I was hourly menaced.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William

He was conducted to a chamber, and, the criticalness of his case requiring unusual attention, I spent the night at his bedside.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

But he recovered in a flash, aware of the criticalness of that moment, and met her bewildered gaze steadily.

From Captivating Mary Carstairs by Crosby, Raymond Moreau