effectually

Adverb

1. In such a way as to achieve a desired result; effectively; so as to have an effect.
   • Though the captain had effectually demolished poor Partridge, yet had he not reaped the harvest he hoped for, which was to turn the foundling out of Mr Allworthy's house. - 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VII, in The...
   • Her quick eye detected the cause in a moment; Mr. Courtenaye had just entered the room, though he had not as yet perceived them. Indeed, the position in which Ethel stood effectually screened her from observation; and...
   • They intrigued and slandered and hated each other only on that account, - but as to effectually lifting a little finger - oh, no. - 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh...