self-critical
adjective
capable of criticizing oneself objectively.
self-critically
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a word derived from
self-critical.
Example Sentences
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His party, he said, needed to “ask itself self-critically why we are not benefiting in practice from such great dissatisfaction with the government.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
That brief reflective process may open a space where you can consider the sources of your fatigue more self-critically.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 14, 2022
Then I thought, ruefully, and self-critically: “But is it worth it?”
From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2019
On the contrary, he admitted, self-critically, that his knowledge of the life in a henhouse was far from profound and asked for permission to study the welter of problems on the spot.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I could do much better if I had not to hurry it," she said, self-critically.
From By Wit of Woman by Arthur W. (Arthur Williams) Marchmont
