You use effectively with a statement or opinion to indicate that it is not accurate in every detail, but that you feel it is a reasonable description or summary of a particular situation.
This effectively means that the government does not agree with the proposals.
The region was effectively independent.
Synonyms: virtually, really, in fact, essentially More Synonyms of effectively
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Examples of 'effectively' in a sentence
effectively
This is to avoid them being smeared and effectively put on trial themselves.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We will effectively end rough sleeping within our first term in government.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That effectively means six players have been given a free pass into the new year.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It effectively means they will be booted out of the country.
The Sun (2016)
The stroke effectively ended his cello playing, although he continued to conduct.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
And he looked in a hurry to make up for lost time as two goals in the opening half-hour effectively put this game to bed.
The Sun (2016)
But if he makes the switch, it would effectively end his England career.
The Sun (2016)
Logic has also been used effectively to reinforce prejudices.
Christianity Today (2000)
He and the coward who effectively ended his life represent the two extremes of human worth.
The Sun (2012)
This means that investors are effectively paying the government for the privilege of lending it money.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This suggests that mills have effectively given up their battle for lower iron ore prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Ran lineout effectively and put himself about.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The moon returns to your birth sign to help you handle challenging situations effectively.
The Sun (2011)
The scheme will effectively mean the unemployed will be doing the same work as convicted criminals.
The Sun (2010)
He is the sort of creature that horror films have used effectively to stir shock and disgust.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They are highly fluid and adapt effectively to government and law enforcement interventions.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That would effectively mean we were selling ourselves for a few martinis.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That effectively means you buy at your risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is vital that civil government is seen effectively to administer to the needs of the people it serves.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The increased access to data provided by the new information technologies imposes extra responsibilities on management to use it effectively.
Tom Cannon Basic Marketing. Principles and Practice (1986)
It's great but it has effectively ended my career.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
That effectively puts him in charge of global bank regulation, another enormous task.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This mechanism does guard us from painful experience but if used to excess may result in our failing to deal effectively with situations.
Siann, Gerda & Ugwuegbu, Denis C. E. Educational Psychology in a Changing World (1988)
The Government is effectively taking on to itself the risk of a bank run.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
As a result, they have already effectively put into place the requirements of the new law.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Spurs' hopes were effectively ended by defeats at home and away to Ipswich.
Leo McKinstry Sir Alf: A Major Reappraisal of the Life and Times of England's Greatest FootballManager (2006)
The study effectively gives the thumbs-up to a third runway at Heathrow.
The Sun (2009)
In other languages
effectively
British English: effectively /ɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ/ ADVERB
If you do something effectively, you do it well and produce the results that were intended.
I learned to work more effectively.
American English: effectively
Arabic: بِفَعَّالَيَّة
Brazilian Portuguese: eficazmente
Chinese: 有效地
Croatian: učinkovito
Czech: účinně
Danish: effektivt
Dutch: effectief
European Spanish: eficazmente
Finnish: tehokkaasti
French: effectivement
German: effektiv
Greek: αποτελεσματικά
Italian: efficacemente
Japanese: 効果的に
Korean: 효과적으로
Norwegian: effektivt
Polish: skutecznie
European Portuguese: eficazmente
Romanian: eficace
Russian: действенно
Latin American Spanish: eficazmente
Swedish: i sak
Thai: อย่างได้ผล
Turkish: etkili bir şekilde
Ukrainian: ефективно
Vietnamese: một cách có tác dụng
Chinese translation of 'effectively'
effectively
(ɪˈfɛktɪvlɪ)
adv
(= successfully) 有效地 (yǒuxiào de)
(= in reality) 事实(實)上 (shìshíshang)
1 (adverb)
The region was effectively independent.
Synonyms
virtually
After the divorce she was left virtually penniless.
really
They didn't really enjoy themselves.
in fact
essentially
His analysis is essentially correct.
in effect
The deal would create, in effect, the world's biggest airline.
in reality
He came across as streetwise, but in reality he was not.
in truth
In truth, we were both unhappy.
as good as
in actual fact
to all intents and purposes
To all intents and purposes he was my father.
in all but name
in actuality
for practical purposes
2 (adverb)
He has the will and ability to govern effectively.
Synonyms
efficiently
successfully
skilfully
ably
competently
capably
proficiently
Additional synonyms
in the sense of essentially
His analysis is essentially correct.
Synonyms
basically,
materially,
virtually,
fundamentally,
in effect,
substantially,
in the main,
to all intents and purposes,
in substance
in the sense of in effect
Definition
for all practical purposes
The deal would create, in effect, the world's biggest airline.
Synonyms
in fact,
really,
actually,
essentially,
virtually,
effectively,
in reality,
in truth,
as good as,
in actual fact,
to all intents and purposes,
in all but name,
in actuality,
for practical purposes
in the sense of in reality
Definition
in fact
He came across as streetwise, but in reality he was not.