EFFECTIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does effectively mean? 

• EFFECTIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb EFFECTIVELY has 2 senses:

1. in an effective manner

2. in actuality or reality or fact

  Familiarity information: EFFECTIVELY used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EFFECTIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an effective manner

Synonyms:

effectively; efficaciously

Context example:

these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion

Antonym:

ineffectively (in an ineffective manner)

Pertainym:

effective (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In actuality or reality or fact

Synonyms:

effectively; in effect

Context example:

in effect, they had no choice

Pertainym:

effective (existing in fact; not theoretical; real)

 Context examples 

The blood test could provide a way to effectively screen for people with early signs of disease so they can participate in clinical trials evaluating whether drugs can prevent the disease.

(New Alzheimer’s Blood Test Could Detect Signs of Symptoms Decades Earlier, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Nutrients consumed via supplements do not improve health and longevity as effectively as those consumed through foods.

(Healthy Diet Can't Be Replaced by Vitamins, Supplements, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

While nearly 100 compounds initially showed some activity, the investigators identified one compound that could effectively break down PNCs in advanced prostate cancer cells.

(Scientists develop potential new approach to stop cancer metastasis, National Institutes of Health)

Specific inhibitors of calpain1 effectively inhibit the calcium-induced cleavage of p35.

(Alzheimer's Disease Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

However, depudecin has been demonstrated to inhibit histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity effectively both in vivo and in vitro.

(Depudecin, NCI Thesaurus)

In full eclipse, the atmosphere effectively collapses, as most of the sulfur dioxide gas settles as frost on the moon’s surface.

(New Research Reveals Fluctuating Atmosphere of Jupiter’s Volcanic Moon, NASA)

Clinical trials are needed to determine whether this novel treatment approach would effectively treat HSV in humans, according to the authors.

(Glutamine suppresses herpes in mice and guinea pigs, National Institutes of Health)

Alda-1 binds to the defective enzyme in a way that effectively reopens the catalytic tunnel and thus allows the enzyme to metabolize acetaldehyde.

(Alcohol Could be Toxic and Cause DNA Damage for Some People, NIH, US)

In their experiment, the Cambridge researchers found that somewhat counter-intuitively, the initial splash, the formation of the cavity, and the jet of liquid are all effectively silent.

(What causes the sound of a dripping tap – and how do you stop it?, University of Cambridge)

As this is an express, and as the boat runs in connection with it, I should think we have shaken him off very effectively.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)