English > effectual: 2 senses > adjective 1Meaning | producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect. |
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Example | "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action" |
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Synonyms | effective, efficacious |
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Attribute of | effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness, effectuality | Power to be effective |
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Narrower | hard-hitting, trenchant | Characterized by or full of force and vigor |
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impelling | markedly effective as if by emotional pressure |
impressive, telling | producing a strong effect |
rough-and-ready | crude but effective for the purpose at hand |
See also | efficacious | marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect |
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efficient | effective without wasting time or effort or expense |
potent, strong, stiff | Having a strong physiological or chemical effect |
powerful | Having great power or force or potency or effect |
useful, utile | Of use or service |
Opposite | ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual | not producing an intended effect |
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Spanish | efectivo, eficaz |
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Catalan | eficaç |
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Nouns | effectualness, effectuality | power to be effective |
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