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

He twanged the strings just over her head, to keep her from hearing, but quite out of tune, he was so agitated with the criticalness of the moment.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various

His mind could not fail to be struck with the criticalness of the situation.

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

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