effectivelyadverb
uk/ɪˈfek.tɪv.li/us/əˈfek.tɪv.li/B2 in a way that is successful and achieves what you want:
The tablets work more effectively if you take a hot drink after them.
C2 used when you describe what the real result of a situation is:
His wife left him when the children were small, so he effectively brought up the family himself.
Effectively, we have to start again from scratch.
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- The department needs three more computers in order to work most effectively.
- The older drugs didn't deal effectively with the malaria parasite.
- The troops had camouflaged themselves so effectively that the enemy didn't notice them approaching.
- She demonstrated the software very effectively.
- He might have to resign or he might be demoted, but either way, his career is effectively over.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Efficient and effective
- a treat idiom
- be firing on all cylinders idiom
- businesslike
- do the trick idiom
- does what it says on the tin idiom
- labour-saving
- miraculous
- organized
- potency
- proactive
- punch
- smooth
- technical
- timesaving
- together
- treat
- trick
- well oiled
- well tried
- worth
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