effectually
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈfɛktʃuəli/, /ɪˈfɛktjʊəli/
- (US) IPA(key): /ɪˈfɛkt͡ʃuːəli/, /iːˈfɛkt͡ʃʊəli/
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Adverb edit
effectually (comparative more effectually, superlative most effectually)
- In such a way as to achieve a desired result; effectively; so as to have an effect.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book 2:
- Though the captain had effectually demolished poor Partridge, yet had he not reaped the harvest he hoped for, which was to turn the foundling out of Mr Allworthy's house.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:
- Her quick eye detected the cause in a moment; Mr. Courtenaye had just entered the room, though he had not as yet perceived them. Indeed, the position in which Ethel stood effectually screened her from observation; and Henrietta thought she could not do better than stand as they were, thus giving her companion time to recover her outward composure.
- 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 214:
- They intrigued and slandered and hated each other only on that account, - but as to effectually lifting a little finger - oh, no.
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in such a way as to achieve a desired result
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