English

Adverb

effectively ‎(comparative more effectively, superlative most effectively)

1. In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect.
   • 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in The Guardian:

     A state ideology, mixing nationalism, and basic Marxist economics, going under the name "Juche", was constructed, and Kim Il-sung effectively silenced, disposed of and cleared away any opposition, isolating the country and exercising an iron grip on the military, the state media and the government and party organs.

2. Essentially, in effect, for all practical purposes.
   • 2012 March 1, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 112-3:

     A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.

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