as in efficiently
in an effective manner
She used a visual aid to effectively communicate her point.
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Recent Examples of effectively
The fund has over 200 positions across 48 investments and 22 managers, effectively functioning as a fund of funds for private infrastructure.
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Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Story went deep again in the bottom of the seventh to effectively put the game out of reach, and rookie Carlos Narvaez finished up the scoring for Boston by hitting a solo homer to the Green Monster seats in the eighth, his first career home run.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Facing $9 billion in debt, the troubled power company effectively filed for bankruptcy in summer 2017.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Reed wrote a Thursday letter to the leader urging her to explain how an abrupt change in verifying travelers’ identity would not interrupt services from proceeding effectively.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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Garth Friesen, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Story went deep again in the bottom of the seventh to effectively put the game out of reach, and rookie Carlos Narvaez finished up the scoring for Boston by hitting a solo homer to the Green Monster seats in the eighth, his first career home run.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Facing $9 billion in debt, the troubled power company effectively filed for bankruptcy in summer 2017.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Reed wrote a Thursday letter to the leader urging her to explain how an abrupt change in verifying travelers’ identity would not interrupt services from proceeding effectively.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for effectively
Adverb
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Their idea is to link cities that are too far for existing daytime trains to serve efficiently.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Apr. 2025
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The Swiffer Sweep + Mop Deluxe cleaned up both the ketchup and peanut butter quickly and efficiently.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The forceful rebuke came after administration lawyers failed to adequately answer a list of 15 questions and document requests submitted by Abrego Garcia's legal team—questions aimed at determining what, if anything, the White House has done to secure his release from Salvadoran custody.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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Any competent, adequately instructed history student knows this.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Providing valuable insights to clients effectually integrates innovations which foster efficiency, competitiveness and growth in this era characterized by digital globalization.—
Debbi Compton,
USA TODAY,
22 Aug. 2023
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In the past China, was viewed as an attractive labor market which could cost effectually do manual assembly of all parts sourced globally.—
Cindy Gordon,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2021
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“Effectively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/effectively. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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