Literary notes about effectively (AI summary)
The adverb "effectively" in literature is used to emphasize that an action or quality achieves its intended result with precision and impact. It appears in contexts ranging from personal capability and persuasive speaking to technical efficiency and narrative strategy. For instance, authors use it to suggest that a character's actions not only occur but accomplish their intended purpose ([1], [2]), while rhetoricians advise that speaking or performing must be done effectively to resonate with an audience ([3], [4], [5]). In descriptions of design, military strategy, or even subtle character contrasts, "effectively" underscores that the outcome is both practical and decisive ([6], [7], [8]). This versatile use highlights not just the occurrence of an act, but its optimal fulfilment in various literary and rhetorical settings ([9], [10], [11]).
- " Dorothea's voice, as she made this childlike picture of what she would do, might have been almost taken as a proof that she could do it effectively.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot - It occurred to me once or twice that, after all, Chester was, perhaps, the man to deal effectively with such a disaster.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad - Nothing else will call out what is in a man so quickly and so effectively as the constant effort to do his best in speaking before an audience.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - At the same time he must speak effectively through a properly modulated voice, with proper facial and bodily expression and gesture.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden - To speak effectively you must be able to see your subject clearly and comprehensively, and to make your audience see it as you do."
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Firm perpendicular lines in black marble with well proportioned panels of the same material are effectively used in the interior of the gateway.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain - Instead of encouraging the bringing of trade to their doors, the towns diligently and effectively discouraged it.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain - Her learned profundity and his vapid lightness effectively contrasted.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Earl of Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli - In the following selections dashes have been inserted where pauses may be used effectively.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - While on the platform forget that you have any hands until you desire to use them—then remember them effectively.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein - Could the subject be more effectively handled if somewhat modified?
— from The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie and J. Berg Esenwein
