Definitions

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  • noun the power to be effective.

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  • noun The state or condition of being effectual.

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  • noun power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect

Etymologies

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effectual +‎ -ity

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Examples

  • It's cheerleaded, and even directed for effectuality by multi-millionaires Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ayles Fox news.

    TEXAS FAITH: Why is the political pendulum swinging so much? | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010

  • However one distributes the causes, they combine to engender an atmosphere in which the state draws to itself allegiance, iconic sanctity, and effectuality that properly pertain only to the Lord.

    AKMA’s Random Thoughts 2005

  • The Brahmanas labour to fix and preserve the minutiae of the Vedic ceremony, the conditions of their material effectuality, the symbolic sense and purpose of their different parts, movements, implements, the significance of texts important in the ritual, the drift of obscure allusions, the memory of ancient myths and traditions.

    The Ages of Intuition Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

  • The Downing Street spokesman urged his audience to address larger issues such as real world outcomes, step-changes and effectuality indicators.

    Absolute Friends Le Carre, John, 1931- 2003

  • The pursuit of an ideal implies a belief in its effectuality.

    The Approach to Philosophy Ralph Barton Perry 1916

  • He is altogether too much in appearance and too little in effectuality of the stage Spaniard -- black garments, black upturned moustache, hook-nose, _navaja_, and all the rest of it.

    A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889

  • It was necessary to make the foundations very secure, as the river is subject to high floods; and this was effectuality accomplished by means of coffer-dams.

    The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867

  • Respectable society can safely look in and glimpse some of the unconscious frustration, power factors, and effectuality issues that make idle minds the proverbial devil's workshop.

    Chicago Reader 2010

  • Polite, humble, with blue collared dedication, and a fighter's fighter if there ever was one, Glen demonstrates an uncanny and veteran earned ability inside of the ring, a place of comfort and effectuality established by his presence.

    Doghouse Boxing News 2009

  • A homemade solar radiation adp system can greatly reduce or cut out we subordination on open air phone company companies for he effectuality needs, thus in many instances allowing homeowners to not only get off the electric reference grid but also to sell disposal back to the utilities.

    MyLinkVault Newest Links 2009

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