effectively

adverb

1 make sure that resources are used effectively | most lawyers are unable to argue effectively against an unscientific statement:

successfully, effectually, efficaciously, productively, constructively, fruitfully;

valuably, helpfully, beneficially, advantageously, usefully, functionally;

forcefully, forcibly, powerfully, strongly, potently, soundly, validly, tellingly;

convincingly, compellingly, impressively, persuasively, irresistibly, credibly, influentially, conclusively, unanswerably, authoritatively.

▷antonyms ineffectively; weakly.

2 they were effectively controlled by the people they were supposed to be investigating | effectively, this means that companies will be able to avoid regulations:

practically, virtually, in effect, all but, more or less, almost, nearly, close to, approaching, not far from, nearing, verging on, bordering on, well nigh, nigh on, just about, as good as, tantamount to, essentially, in essence, in practical terms, for all practical purposes, to all intents and purposes, in all but name;

actually, in reality, implicitly, tacitly, silently;

approximately, roughly, not quite;

South African plus-minus;

informal pretty much, pretty nearly, pretty well, as near as dammit;

rare operatively.

▷antonyms theoretically; officially.

effectively Oxford Dictionary of English