Definition of Effetely

1. Adverb. In an effete manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Effetely

1. effete [adv] - See also: effete

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effetely

effervescent
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effervescent magnesium citrate
effervescent magnesium sulfate
effervescent salts
effervescent sodium phosphate
effervescently
effervesces
effervescible
effervescing
effervescingly
effervescive
effet
effete
effetely (current term)
effeteness
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efficacies
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efficaciously
efficaciousness
efficacities
efficacity
efficacy
efficience
efficiencies
efficiency
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efficiency engineer

Literary usage of Effetely

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Other Americans: The Cities, the Countries, and Especially the People of by Arthur Brown Ruhl (1908)
"By the other way, one coasts along effetely in some such mailboat as this, and endeavors to content one's self by reading "Westward Ho," and consular ..."

2. Satires and Profanities by James Thomson (1884)
"These churches officially and effetely represent what is called the English Reformation, the most ignoble in Europe; which, as Macaulay remarks, ..."

3. The Court of Louis XIII by Katherine Alexandra Patmore (1909)
"The Bishop of Lu?on was not, however, the man to gnaw his thumbs effetely. Polemics and theology claimed his energies. Pere Arnoux, a Jesuit, ..."

4. The silver poppy: A Novel by Arthur John A. Stringer, R. K. Richardson, D. Appleton and Company (1903)
"... yet with flashes of facetiousness, with The American Woman—was a somewhat qualified success in the larger Eastern cities, effetely tending to a flippant ..."

5. Scottish Law Journal and Sheriff Court Record by Scotland Sheriff Courts (1861)
"... indeed, to have accused him of urging a proper defence, weakly or effetely, would have heen far more ..."

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