effectual
- a producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action - s having legal efficacy or force
- Lacking an organized, effectual medium through which to voice their protests, dissenters ranging from Maoists to hippies, from middle-aged suburbanites in SANE to adolescent .
- Said Thomas Jefferson: "We have given one effectual check to the dog of war by transferring the power of letting him loose from those who are to spend to those who are to pay.
- Declared the Commission: "So long as State co-operation is required to make the Amendment effectual, adverse public opinion in some states and lukewarm public opinion in others .