Effectively vs Precisely - What's the difference?
effectively | precisely |
In an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 19
, author=Kerry Brown
, title=Kim Jong-il obituary
, work=The Guardian
Essentially, in effect, for all practical purposes.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
, author=(Henry Petroski)
, title=Opening Doors
, volume=100, issue=2, page=112-3
, magazine=
As adverbs the difference between effectively and precisely
is that effectively is in an efficient or effective manner; with powerful effect while precisely is (manner) in a precise manner; exactly.effectively
English
Adverb
(en adverb)citation, page= , passage=A state ideology, mixing nationalism, and basic Marxist economics, going under the name "Juche", was constructed, and Kim Il-sung effectively silenced, disposed of and cleared away any opposition, isolating the country and exercising an iron grip on the military, the state media and the government and party organs.}}
citation, passage=A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.}}