implementaladj.
/ɪmplɪˈmɛntəl/ Of the nature of an implement or implements: †(a) essentially constituent; (b) instrumental, practically effective.
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the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective]
frameeOE
goodeOE
mightyOE
vailanta1325
sicker1338
mightful1340
suffisant1340
virtuousa1387
effectivea1398
effectuala1398
worthya1398
availingc1420
effectuous?a1425
operant?a1425
substantialc1449
virtual?a1475
substantious1483
available1502
efficacious1528
energial1528
working1532
operatory1551
operatoriousa1555
stately1567
feckful1568
efficace?1572
shifty1585
operative1590
instrumental1601
efficable1607
speeding1612
effectuating1615
officious1618
availsome1619
prevailable1624
valid1651
perficient1659
affectuous1664
implemental1676
virtual1760
efficient1787
sufficient1831
slick1833
roadworthy1837
practician1863
positive1903
performant1977
the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > [adjective]
needfulOE
necessaryc1376
needfulc1390
necessairea1393
needfula1402
necessariousc1410
requisite1442
unlackablec1443
unsparablec1449
necessc1475
requise1477
needy1487
exigentc1508
of necessityc1515
essential1526
insacrificablea1603
peremptory1607
unspared1614
sine qua non1615
real1620
necessitous1637
needsomec1650
undispensable1658
vital1659
wanting1671
implemental1676
sine quo non1693
indispensable1696
indispensible1792
vital1822
unmissable1823
of the essence (of)1843
1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. K3 All the ill that could have come of it would have been that such kind of Bishops should have prov'd less implemental.
1746 Fool (1748) I. 11 A Statesman proper to govern this Implemental Common-wealth.
1874 H. Bushnell Forgiveness & Law iv. 220 The threefold substance of doctrine here set forth is to be his [the Holy Spirit's] implemental power.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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