Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In an effective way.
- adverb For all practical purposes; in effect.
from The Century Dictionary.
- With effect; powerfully; with real operation; completely; thoroughly.
- Actually; in fact.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With effect; powerfully; completely; thoroughly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an efficient or
effective manner; with powerfuleffect . - adverb informal
Essentially ;for all practical purposes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an effective manner
- adverb in actuality or reality or fact
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Examples
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Immigration hysterics on talk radio and cable news have used the term effectively to end conversations.
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The prologue mission that is supposed to give some insight on how to play the title effectively and serve as beginning for the main story.
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But he is not running for reelection, so his term effectively ends in January, 2011, when a new senator will be sworn in.
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But he is not running for reelection, so his term effectively ends in January, 2011, when a new senator will be sworn in.
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J Greely I'm not sure how to really translate the title effectively; Yamato is the noun, so it's not really t ... entry
Wonderduck's Pond 2009
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This effectively is another do over for ITT since they were not really compliant on original PP.
Bart Gordon Expresses Concern over SCNS Award - NASA Watch 2009
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To spread the word effectively, Dodson and other key recognition strategists have made regular trips to Carrot Culture workshops.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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To spread the word effectively, Dodson and other key recognition strategists have made regular trips to Carrot Culture workshops.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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This effectively is an enormous tax on the economy and on our businesses.
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To spread the word effectively, Dodson and other key recognition strategists have made regular trips to Carrot Culture workshops.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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