effectively

[ih-fek-tiv-lee, ee-fek‐]

adverb

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. in a way that produces a vivid impression; strikingly.

   The visually rich photographs are effectively displayed against the stark white gallery walls.

Other Word Forms

• preeffectively adverb
• quasi-effectively adverb
• subeffectively adverb
• supereffectively adverb
• uneffectively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of effectively¹

effective ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

He has effectively and movingly talked extensively about his own family's experience to keep pushing the issue.

From BBC

Daniel Deacon, assistant professor of law at the University of Michigan, says that the FCC can effectively stop corporate mergers by denying the transfer of broadcast licences to the new owners.

From BBC

The bill effectively circumvents a decade of legal challenges by environmental groups seeking to stymie drilling in the county that produces about three-fourths of the state’s crude oil.

From Los Angeles Times

One might even argue that “HIM” effectively mirrors the all-style-no-substance sport it’s lampooning.

From Salon

The Home Office, which was found to have been "confusing and inconsistent" in how it ran the scheme by the the Parliamentary Ombudsman, said it was committed to running it "effectively".

From BBC

Related Words

• adequately 
• completely 
• definitely 
• dramatically 
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• finally 
• forcefully www.thesaurus.com
• productively www.thesaurus.com