Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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critically

/ˈkɹɪt.ɪ.kə.li/ adverb

  1. adverb In a critical manner; with, or in terms of, criticism. “I looked critically at the frayed carpet of the hotel room.”
  2. adverb In terms of critique, review, of or by critics “a critically applauded film”
  3. adverb With close discernment; accurately; exactly.
  4. adverb At a crisis or critical time; in a situation, place, or condition of decisive consequence. “a fortification critically situated”
  5. adverb Requiring immediate attention; likely to cause a collapse. “critically ill”

Antonyms

uncritically

Webster’s 1913

  1. adverb In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly.
  2. adverb At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated.

Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “critically”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “critically” (best matches first).