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Definitions: Effectively |
EffectivelyAdverb1. In an effective manner; "these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion". 2. In actuality or reality or fact; "she is effectively his wife"; "in effect, they had no choice". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "effectively" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references) |
Synonyms: EffectivelySynonyms: efficaciously (adv), in effect (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: inefficaciously (adv). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | How do you know that my dimwitted inexperience isn't merely a subtle form of manipulation, used to lower people's expectations, thereby enhancing my ability to effectively manuever within any given situation? (Scream 2; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) I must express in the strongest possible terms my profound opposition to the newly instituted practice which imposes severe and intolerable restrictions on the ingress and egress of senior members of the hierarchy and will, in all probability, should the current deplorable innovation be perpetuated, precipitate a progressive constriction of the channels of communication, culminating in a condition of organisational atrophy and administrative paralysis which will render effectively impossible the coherent and co-ordinated discharge of the function of government within Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. (Yes, Prime Minister; writing credit: Tom Musca) | |
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 | This dairy farm in central Maryland, designated a democstration farm, uses a variety of conservation practices to reduce erosion and manage manure and nutrients effectively.Credit: Tim McCabe. |  | On the Goshute Indian Reservation in Utah, the NRCS has established an office at the tribal headquarters in order to more effectively provide assistance. [Slide 97CS3189].Credit: Ron Nichols. |
 | By getting out on the land, NRCS personnel can work more effectively with landowners to assess resource conditions and prescribe remedies. Here, Carlos Garcia (left), NRCS, and Milton Hooper, Environmental Specialist at the Goshute Indian Reservation, rev.Credit: Ron Nichols. | ||
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Arthur Schopenhauer | The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively not by the false appearance of things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The interests of all persons shall be regarded as having been effectively dealt with by any order, direction, decision or instruction dealing with property in which they may be interested, whether or not such interests are specifically mentioned in the order, direction, decision, or instruction. (reference) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Their pain is severe and is extremely difficult to treat effectively. (references) | |
When diagnosed and treated early, many STDs can be treated effectively. (references) | ||
Doxycycline will also effectively treat most other tick-borne diseases. (references) | ||
Business | This effectively gives them access to all Polish construction sites. (references) | |
These financing deals are effectively payback or revenue sharing schemes. (references) | ||
ICPs lack the in-house technology to effectively channel information into handsets. (references) | ||
Children | Kyrgyz Republic | Basic needs for shelter, food, and clothing seldom were met, and the Government did not have enough resources to address these needs effectively. (references) |
Nepal | However, despite government funding for special education programs, the Government does not implement effectively or enforce laws regarding persons with disabilities. (references) | |
Brazil | The News Agency for Children's Rights closely tracks stories in the media, publishes studies, and gives awards to media outlets that effectively cover child welfare issues. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Tanzania | The law limits the media's ability to function effectively. (references) |
Iran | This measure effectively permits the registration of Baha'i marriages in the country. (references) | |
Laos | The Roman Catholic Church is unable to operate effectively in the highlands and much of the north. (references) | |
Discrimination | France | Statutes ban discrimination based on race, religion, sex, ethnic background, or political opinion, and in general the Government effectively enforces them. (references) |
Guinea-Bissau | The Constitution and law prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, race, and religion; however, in practice, the Government does not enforce these provisions effectively. (references) | |
Congo | The previous constitutions prohibited discrimination based on ethnicity, sex, or religious affiliation; however, the Government did not enforce these prohibitions effectively and continued to act with prejudice against members of the Tutsi ethnic group. (references) | |
Economic History | Switzerland | Laws are enforced effectively. (references) |
South Africa | Blacks remained effectively disenfranchised. (references) | |
Argentina | Such interests can be easily and effectively registered. (references) | |
Human Rights | Honduras | The reforms have not been implemented fully or effectively. (references) |
Vanuatu | A system of bail operates effectively and lengthy pretrial detention was not a problem. (references) | |
Pakistan | The decree effectively removed the actions of the Musharraf Government from judicial oversight. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Suriname | Maroon and Amerindian groups continue to cooperate with each other in order to exercise their rights more effectively. (references) |
Bangladesh | The Land Commission that is to deal with land disputes between tribals and Bengali settlers does not yet function effectively in addressing critical land disputes. (references) | |
Minorities | Switzerland | Investigations of such attacks generally are conducted effectively and lead, in most cases, to the arrest of the persons responsible. (references) |
Political Economy | SPAIN | Legislation is effectively enforced. (references) |
BAHRAIN | Labor Ministry inspectors effectively enforce child labor laws. (references) | |
Ukraine | Ensuring that these laws are effectively executed is a comparable challenge. (references) | |
Political Rights | Seychelles | Ramkalawan has played effectively the role of chief government critic as leader of the opposition. (references) |
Niger | The societal practice of husbands' voting their wives' proxy ballots effectively disenfranchises many women. (references) | |
Togo | In the 1998 presidential election, the Government prevented citizens from exercising this right effectively. (references) | |
Trade | Ukraine | This agreement has never been effectively implemented, however. (references) |
Mexico | It undertakes the credit assessment and risk since it effectively counter guarantees the loans it makes. (references) | |
Luxembourg | Few distributors have the capability to effectively distribute a product or service in all fifteen member states. (references) | |
Travel | Egypt | Using Cairo's black-and-white taxis effectively requires some basic Arabic phrases and practice. (references) |
Ireland | In October 1993, the bilateral Air Transport Agreement between the U.S. and Ireland was amended to effectively end the mandatory transatlantic stopover at Shannon Airport. (references) | |
Chile | The Chilean-American Chamber of Commerce has a large membership of U.S., Chilean and international firms and effectively represents the interests of the corporate community in Chile. (references) | |
Women | Turkmenistan | The law states that rape is illegal and these laws were enforced effectively. (references) |
Yemen | As a woman's family usually retains the mahr, the refusal by a family to pay the mahr effectively can prevent a divorce. (references) | |
Italy | Many NGO's, most of which are affiliated with labor unions or political parties, actively and effectively promote women's rights. (references) | |
Worker Rights | France | Standards are high and effectively enforced. (references) |
Jamaica | The authorities enforced this law effectively. (references) | |
Cyprus | Labor inspectors effectively enforce these laws. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Ashcroft's problem is that the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the FBI have been unable to effectively track aliens who have violated their visas, have criminal records, or have links to terrorist networks. |
Victoria Principal | We didn't have anyone to mentor us about how to compete effectively. And that's what were doing now is teaching young women how to compete effectively. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Quincy Adams | 1825-1829 | All the purposes of human association have been accomplished as effectively as under any other government on the globe, and at a cost little exceeding in a whole generation the expenditure of other nations in a single year. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | On the contrary, the war has demonstrated how effectively we can organize our productive system and develop the potential abilities of our people by aiding the efforts of private enterprise. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Only as free Europe unitedly marshals its strength can it effectively safeguard, even with our help, its spiritual and cultural heritage. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | That program must stimulate and take more effectively into account the contributions of our allies, and provide central policy direction for all our own programs that now so often overlap, conflict or diffuse our energies and resources. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | As I leave office I can report that our national defense is effectively deterring conflict today. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | I am satisfied that this action has served its purpose effectively and fairly. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Nowhere do we so effectively demonstrate our technological leadership and ability to make life better on Earth. |
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| "Effectively" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.88% of the time. "Effectively" is used about 5,049 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.88% | 5,043 | 1,943 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.12% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,049 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "effectively": effectively-controlled. | |
Ending with "effectively": cost-effectively. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
communicate effectively | 18 |
communicating effectively | 16 |
effectively listen | 9 |
study effectively | 7 |
effectively integrates | 4 |
effectively listen strategy | 4 |
effectively pray | 4 |
effectively | 4 |
effectively read textbook | 3 |
effectively more speak think write | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "effectively"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | me efekt (effective, efficiently). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | ефектно. (various references) | |
Chinese | 有效地 (Efficaciously, Operatively). (various references) | |
Czech | efektnì, efektivnì, ve skuteènosti (actually, as a matter of fact, in actual fact, in effect, practically), pùsobivì, faktický (effective, factual), úèinnì. (various references) | |
Danish | natriumalginat har vist sig som en effektiv inhibitor for intestinal resorption af strontium (it has been shown that sodium alginate effectively inhibits intestinal resorption of strontium), Geiger-Müller roer med et tyndt mica-vindue er tilstraekkeligt foelsomme, og mica-vinduet lader selv bloed roentgenstraaling passere (and the mica window even effectively transmits the soft X-rays, Geiger-Mueller tubes with a thin mica window are sufficiently sensitive). (various references) | |
Dutch | het is gebleken dat natrium-alginaat een doeltreffend remmende werking heeft op de intestinale resorptie van strontium (it has been shown that sodium alginate effectively inhibits intestinal resorption of strontium), geiger-muellertelbuizen, voorzien van een venster van dun mica, zijn voldoende gevoelig en het micavenster laat ook de zachte stralen goed door (and the mica window even effectively transmits the soft X-rays, Geiger-Mueller tubes with a thin mica window are sufficiently sensitive). (various references) | |
Finnish | tehokkaasti. (various references) | |
French | efficacement, effectivement. (various references) | |
German | effektiv (actual, effective, in real terms, real), wirkungsvoll (effecient, effective, efficient, efficiently, forceful, telling), wirksam (effective, effectual, effectually, efficacious, operative, potent, powerful). (various references) | |
Greek | αποτελεσματικά (efficiently). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בארח יעיל (efficiently). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ténylegesen (de facto, factually, in deed, in reality), hathatósan (ably), hatásosan (efficiently), eredményesen (efficiently, expeditiously, in an effective way, to put a job through). (various references) | |
Italian | effettivamente (actually, really). (various references) | |
Korean | 효과 으로. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | effectivelyay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | os contadores de Geiger-Mueller com janela fina de mica são suficientemente sensíveis e a mica permite a passagem dos raios-x moles (and the mica window even effectively transmits the soft X-rays, Geiger-Mueller tubes with a thin mica window are sufficiently sensitive), demonstrou-se que o alginato de cálcio é um inibidor efectivo da reabsorção intestinal do estrôncio (it has been shown that sodium alginate effectively inhibits intestinal resorption of strontium). (various references) | |
Russian | продуктивно (efficiently). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | efektno (effect: for effect). (various references) | |
Spanish | el alginato de sodio se ha revelado como inhibidor eficaz de la reabsorción intestinal del estroncio (it has been shown that sodium alginate effectively inhibits intestinal resorption of strontium), los tubos Geiger-Mueller con ventana delgada de mica son suficientemente sensibles, y la ventana de mica transmite efectivamente los rayos X blandos (and the mica window even effectively transmits the soft X-rays, Geiger-Mueller tubes with a thin mica window are sufficiently sensitive), los estados participantes reafirman la necesidad de que se observe de modo estricto y efectivo como norma de conducta internacional la renuncia a la amenaza o al uso de la fuerza (as a norm of an international life, should be strictly and effectively observed, the participating states reaffirm the need that refraining from the threat of use of force). (various references) | |
Swedish | effektivt (efficient, efficiently, forcible). (various references) | |
Thai | อย่างไ"้ผล. (various references) | |
Turkish | etkin biçimde, etkileyici (affecting, affective, charismatic, devastating, dramatic, effective, enchanting, expressive, fascinating, forceful, handsome, imposing, impressive, intense, speaking, touchy, winged), geçerli olarak. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có kết quả có hiệu lực (effective), có hiệu quả (efficacious, telling), có ích với ấn tượng sâu sắc. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | efficaciter, efficenter, infirmiter. (various references) |
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Words ending with "effectively": ineffectively. (additional references) | |
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"Effectively" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: effectivey, effectivly, effictively, perfectively. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "effectively" (pronounced ufe"ktivlē or ē"fektivlē) |
| 9 | u f e" k t i v l ē | affectively. |
| 7 | -e" k t i v l ē | collectively, objectively, prospectively, protectively, respectively, retrospectively, selectively. |
| 6 | -k t i v l ē | actively, attractively, constructively, distinctively, instinctively, productively, retroactively, seductively. |
| 5 | -t i v l ē | accumulatively, administratively, affirmatively, alternatively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, authoritatively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, conservatively, cooperatively, creatively, cumulatively, deceptively, definitively, exhaustively, figuratively, furtively, imaginatively, intuitively, legislatively, negatively, positively, preemptively, prohibitively, provocatively, qualitatively, relatively, sensitively, substantively, tentatively. |
| 4 | -i v l ē | aggressively, cohesively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, decisively, defensively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, expensively, explosively, extensively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, intensively, massively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively. |
| 3 | -v l ē | bravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively. |
| 6 | -k t i v l ē | actively, affectively, attractively, collectively, constructively, distinctively, instinctively, objectively, productively, prospectively, protectively, respectively, retroactively, retrospectively, seductively, selectively. |
| 5 | -t i v l ē | accumulatively, administratively, affirmatively, alternatively, appreciatively, assertively, attentively, authoritatively, comparatively, competitively, consecutively, conservatively, cooperatively, creatively, cumulatively, deceptively, definitively, exhaustively, figuratively, furtively, imaginatively, intuitively, legislatively, negatively, positively, preemptively, prohibitively, provocatively, qualitatively, relatively, sensitively, substantively, tentatively. |
| 4 | -i v l ē | aggressively, cohesively, comprehensively, compulsively, conclusively, decisively, defensively, derisively, effusively, excessively, exclusively, expensively, explosively, extensively, impassively, impressively, impulsively, inconclusively, inexpensively, intensively, massively, obsessively, offensively, passively, persuasively, progressively, reflexively, successively. |
| 3 | -v l ē | bravely, gravely, lively, lovely, naively, plaintively, quantitatively. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-f-f-i-l-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: effective. | |
-3 letters: cleveite, effetely, elective. | |
-4 letters: evictee. | |
-5 letters: cliffy, effect, effete, eyelet, fleece, fleecy, levity. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-f-f-i-l-t-v-y" | |
+2 letters: ineffectively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 66 66 65 63 74 69 76 65 6C 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01100110 01100110 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E f f e c t i v e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0066 0066 0065 0063 0074 0069 0076 0065 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3972727169867588717891 |
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