Effectively
Effectively adverb - In an effective manner.
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Nominally is an antonym for effectively.
Nominally
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- This proposal would mean that the USA would effectively run its government and economy just as it did every other nominally-independent country in Latin America bar Argentina.
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In air and space combat, the player is effectively a gunner even if they are nominally the craft's pilot, with at best directional control within an extremely limited arc.
Source: Video Game / Rebel Assault - General Magnus Malan of South Africa makes the Apartheid system even worse until it is effectively a Neo-Nazi state except in name, nominally supported by the United States for its anti-Communist hysteria.
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