affectual

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adjective

Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.

Similar
emotionalaffectionalearnest
OriginLatin affectus →
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Meanings

adjectiveaffectual (comparative more affectual, superlative most affectual)

comparative more affectual · superlative most affectual

  1. Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.

    Lust not only affectual, but actual, is dispensed with.

    1629, Thomas Adams, The Fatal Banquet

    Synonyms: emotional, affectional, earnest

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.

Similar
emotionalaffectionalearnest

Origin

  1. Latinaffectus“mental disposition, desire”
  2. Englishaffectual

From Latin affectus (“mental disposition, desire”).

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APA

affectual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectual

MLA

“affectual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectual. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “affectual,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/affectual.

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