Antonyms for effectual

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-fek-choo-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfɛk tʃu əl

Definition of effectual

Origin : late 14c., Old French effectuel, from Late Latin effectualis, from Latin effectus "accomplishment, performance" (see effect (n.)). Used properly of actions (not agents) and with a sense "having the effect aimed at." Related: Effectually; effectuality.

adj influential; authoritative

Example sentences :

She did so, and it proved an effectual screen from head to foot.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Try as she might she could think of no effectual way to begin.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

The plausible and polite manner of the stranger was effectual with George.
Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

Mr. Johnson has hit on the most effectual manner of plaguing us all.
Extract from : « Lady Susan » by Jane Austen

There is a remedy, and but one effectual remedy, for the errors of the heart.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox

There is something gentle, as well as effectual, in the representation.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

Of all thin partitions, glass is the most effectual excluder of sound.
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

But the success of the best advice may be defeated, if the patient and his attendants will not concur to render it effectual.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

And a Committee of Vigilance would be appointed to ensure its effectual working.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

His own vanity will be the most effectual of all intoxications.
Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for effectual

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