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adjective
1.
producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
2.
valid or binding, as an agreement or document.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English effectuel (< AF), late Middle English effectual < Medieval Latin effectuālis, equivalent to Latin effectu-, stem of effectus effect + -ālis -al1
1350–1400; Middle English effectuel (< AF), late Middle English effectual < Medieval Latin effectuālis, equivalent to Latin effectu-, stem of effectus effect + -ālis -al1
Related forms
ef·fec·tu·al·ly, adverb
ef·fec·tu·al·ness, ef·fec·tu·al·i·ty, noun
pre·ef·fec·tu·al, adjective
pre·ef·fec·tu·al·ly, adverb
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Effectuality
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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