Synonyms for effectual
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-fek-choo-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfɛk tʃu əl |
Top 10 synonyms for effectual
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for effectual
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