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effectual
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He said law enforcement resources “should be directed someplace a little more effectual,” such as combating fentanyl and other illicit drugs.
“This case is constitutionally moot because the Court can no longer grant any effectual relief,” the companies argued in a filing with U.S.
“And so this poison was allowed to enter the national bloodstream and infect public life without the Government taking any effectual measures to master the course of the disease.”
The lifting of the bans is in many ways more symbolic than effectual.
Butler’s fighting style is similar to the film’s: brawny, unshowy, effectual and explosive only when necessary.
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What are other ways to say effectual?
The adjective effectual is used especially of that which produces the effect desired or intended, or a decisive result: An effectual bombardment silenced the enemy. Efficacious suggests the capability of achieving a certain end: an efficacious plan, medicine. Efficient (applied also to persons) implies the skillful use of energy or industry to accomplish desired results with little waste of effort: efficient methods; an efficient manager. Effective is applied to a person or a thing that has the power to, or which actually does, produce an effect: an effective boss, remedy, speech.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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