Meanings
adverbeffortfully (comparative more effortfully, superlative most effortfully)
comparative more effortfully · superlative most effortfully
- In an effortful manner: with effort.
They made their way effortfully towards the Carthaginians[…]”
1953, Kingsley Amis, chapter 12, in Lucky Jim1 more example
When Mr. Wheeldon quotes Balanchine, it is those lifts in which the ballerina has her hands placed, effortfully, on her partner’s[…].
2008 March 21, Alastair Macaulay, “New to the Glossary: A Pas de Multimedia”, in New York Times
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effortfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effortfully
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“effortfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effortfully. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effortfully,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effortfully.
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