Definition of effectively | Bee Dictionary of English

r in an effective manner
these are real problems that can be dealt with most effectively by rational discussion
r in actuality or reality or fact
she is effectively his wife

That deal left conservatives without the votes to push through a constitutional amendment they sought to effectively overrule the court's edict.
Al-Ubaidi's remarks effectively offered the strongest assurances yet that the Mahdi Army is willing to stand down entirely in Iraq, if American military forces back away.
If the McCain camp does that, they will have effectively destroyed the Republican party and put the conservative movement in the bleachers.

Legislature, Sandoval passed the buck on tax increases to counties
It may seem like a riddle, but the Legislature effectively voted to raise taxes this year without ever really voting to raise taxes. That’s because legislators in several cases circumvented the two-thirds majority requirement to raise taxes and instead dumped the political toxicity of a tax vote on county commissions, whose members will vote on legislatively authorized taxes this year.
June 16, 2013 - Las Vegas Sun
Experts say court's decision on human gene patents is a win-win
The Supreme Court ruling Thursday that naturally occurring human genes cannot be patented effectively ended the monopoly that Utah-based Myriad Genetics had on breast and ovarian cancer tests.
June 16, 2013 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Scott effectively blocks Orange County sick pay vote
Gov. Rick Scott has effectively blocked a public vote on earned sick pay in Orange County.
June 14, 2013 - WESH 2 Orlando

Barack Obama in Los Angeles Times
It now appears that weeks ago, this information was passed to a component of our intelligence community but was not effectively distributed. There appears to other deficiencies as well,Obama said, citing warning signs that should have singled...
Robert Gates in USA Today
Such a development, with all its implications for collective security, would effectively destroy the alliance,Gates said at the Munich Conference on Security Policy.
President Bush in Chicago Tribune
This exemption will enable the Navy to train effectively and to certify carrier and expeditionary strike groups for deployment in support of worldwide operational and combat activities, which are essential to national security,Bush said.