effectually

1. 1.

   in an effectual manner

   “Bismarck was constantly criticised by the more liberal newspapers, and he retaliated by passing an emergency decree that effectually muzzled the press”

   Antonymsineffectually

Questions about effectually

What does effectually mean?

effectually means "in an effectual manner".

How many syllables are in effectually?

effectually has 5 syllables and divides as ef-fec-tu-al-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of effectually?

The recorded antonyms are ineffectually.

Is effectually a common word?

effectually is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.