ineffectually

1. 1.

   in an ineffectual manner

   “she tried ineffectually to light the primus, and Thomas came to help her”

   Antonymseffectually

Questions about ineffectually

What does ineffectually mean?

ineffectually means "in an ineffectual manner".

How many syllables are in ineffectually?

ineffectually has 6 syllables and divides as i-nef-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 ineffectually?

The recorded antonyms are effectually.

Is ineffectually a common word?

ineffectually 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.