All but
All but adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Effectively and all but are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Effectively" instead an adverb phrase "All but".
Effectively
Effectively adverb - In an effective manner.
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Synonyms for Effectively
All but and effectively are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "All but" instead an adverb "Effectively".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- nearly and all but
- nearly and effectively
- almost and all but
- almost and effectively
- practically and all but
- practically and effectively
- basically and all but
- basically and effectively
- in effect and all but
- in effect and effectively
- closely and all but
- closely and effectively
- roughly and all but
- roughly and effectively
Both terms in one sentence
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Everyone effectively realized the king is basically exiling and banishing his son in all but name.
Source: Reassigned to Antarctica - When Microsoft came out with Direct3D it effectively killed the NV1, as it was all but incompatible with it.
Source: Darth Wiki / Idiot Programming -
This effectively destroys their chances to build a team in the next few years; at that moment, Sonny has all but lost his job.
Source: Film / Draft Day
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