effectively
in a way that accomplishes a purpose or produces the intended or expected results: These scissors are no longer sharp and do not cut effectively.You may not like all your coworkers, but you still have to learn to work effectively with them.
in actuality; in practice:Allowing the legislature to take existing money for schools and use it for other purposes effectively means there will be no new money for education.
in a way that produces a vivid impression; strikingly: The visually rich photographs are effectively displayed against the stark white gallery walls.
Origin of effectively
1Other words from effectively
- pre·ef·fec·tive·ly, adverb
- qua·si-ef·fec·tive·ly, adverb
- sub·ef·fec·tive·ly, adverb
- su·per·ef·fec·tive·ly, adverb
- un·ef·fec·tive·ly, adverb
Words Nearby effectively
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How to use effectively in a sentence
It may have been the reason why Goldwater beat Rockefeller by three points, and effectively sewed up the GOP nomination.
Earl Spencer adds, “effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
The Real-Life ‘Downton’ Millionairesses Who Changed Britain | Tim Teeman | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhile Drake is redefining realness, Iggy is effectively “passing.”
People using it effectively opened a secret channel on an a public platform.
And now the Chinese courts have effectively signed their name to it.
Then a humorist told some of his own funny stories and an elocutionist recited a bit from Shakespeare effectively.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn | Margaret PenroseThe blow, the sudden stopping of the car, combined effectively to give Joe the shake.
At 10.20 our field artillery opened fire to cut wire in front of Turkish trenches and this was effectively done.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonFour he had already either killed outright or effectively disabled; so that fifteen remained him.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniIt performed its work of devastation as effectively as though it had come forth at its proper season.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. Ballantyne
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