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say it: i-FEK-tiv-lee
effectively is an adverb meaning "in an effective manner". It carries 2 recorded senses.
in an effective manner
“these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion”
in actuality or reality or fact
“she is effectively his wife”
“in effect, they had no choice”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for effectively come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.