effectively

English

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti

Proto-Italic *θakjō

Proto-Italic *fakjō

Latin faciō

Latin efficiō

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Latin effectīvuslbor.

French effectifder.

English effective

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der.

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Proto-West Germanic *-līkē

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English effectively

From effective + -ly.

effectively (comparative more effectively, superlative most effectively)

In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect.
- 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 89:
  The nightclubs generally provide liquor (at a price), pretty girls who are clad diaphanously but extremely effectively, a tiny space in which to dance [...] and food[.]
- 2011 December 19, Kerry Brown, “Kim Jong-il obituary”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 October 2026:
  A state ideology, mixing nationalism, and basic Marxist economics, going under the name "Juche", was constructed, and Kim Il-sung effectively silenced, disposed of and cleared away any opposition, isolating the country and exercising an iron grip on the military, the state media and the government and party organs.
Essentially, in effect, for all practical purposes.
On paper, the answer seems to be yes, but, effectively, the answer is no.
- 2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist‎^[2], volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:
  A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.