effectively
adverb
ef·fec·tive·ly
i-ˈfek-tiv-lē 
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ē-,
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Try to communicate your ideas more effectively.
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Even more effectively, Cummings helped to leak stories about Johnson’s pandemic lockdown-busting in a scandal known as Partygate.
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Jim Waterson, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
Most recently, the PLO’s Executive Committee, effectively a rubber stamp for Abbas, named Hussein al Sheikh as that entity’s vice president.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
The majority also overturned William’s convictions for possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition, saying the convictions amounted to violation of the Constitution’s double jeopardy prohibition because he was effectively charged twice for the same crime.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2025
But the Kremlin has effectively rejected a truce and hasn’t budged from its demands.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
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Jim Waterson, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
Most recently, the PLO’s Executive Committee, effectively a rubber stamp for Abbas, named Hussein al Sheikh as that entity’s vice president.
—Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
The majority also overturned William’s convictions for possession of a firearm and possession of ammunition, saying the convictions amounted to violation of the Constitution’s double jeopardy prohibition because he was effectively charged twice for the same crime.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2025
But the Kremlin has effectively rejected a truce and hasn’t budged from its demands.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
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“Effectively.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effectively. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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