effectual
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- effectuall (obsolete)
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- IPA: /iˈfɛktʃuəl/
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effectual (comparative more effectual, superlative most effectual)
- Producing the intended result; entirely adequate.
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 3
- Redoubling, then, the active energy of his thrusts, favoured by the fervid appetite of my motions, the soft oiled wards can no longer stand so effectual a picklock, but yield, and open him an entrance.
- 1749, John Cleland, Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure Part 3
