effectively

Examples

• All

• Your honor, if you send my client to Japan, you will effectively sentence her to prison.

  I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

• - In 1914, the German Empire declared war against Russia and France, effectively starting World War I.

  Glossary of Broken Dreams (2018)

• The war was effectively over and France seemed lost.

• And this is where the story effectively will end for us.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• This attack effectively took away your voice.

  The Matrix Resurrections (2021)

• This is effectively a working scale model of the mind.

  You Are Here (2011)

• As Caroline told you, we effectively lost her when she went to university.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The Gang of Four was arrested, effectively marking the end of the Cultural Revolution.

  Academic text (1999)

• Streets emptied out, and Hopper City was effectively dark and silent.

• The Taliban were able to regroup and launch an insurgency because, effectively, nothing stood in their way.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

I

in effect

vseffectively

258 3.7

Works in practice even if not official

is the same idea expressed more generally as a single adverb

P

practically

vseffectively

12 2.5

In a way that works in real life

focuses on practical reality but functions differently as an adverb of manner

F

for all practical purposes

vseffectively

5 3.8

In most real situations it is true even if not by the rules

is the simpler one word adverb used broadly in many contexts

T

to all intents and purposes

vseffectively

3 5.0

In practice, it has almost the same result

is the single adverbial expression used in formal and informal contexts

Antonyms

I

ineffectively

3 4.0

In a way that does not get the result you want

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology