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efficiently, adv.|ɛˈfɪʃəntlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. As by an efficient cause; in the relation of an efficient cause; by the operation of an agent.
1628T. Spencer Logic 158 Created effects are Necessary..When the next cause is determined to one..Naturally, [or] Efficiently. 1651Baxter Inf. Bapt. 291 All men believed, that faith was confirmed by signes (that is efficiently). 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 739 It is Impossible..For a thing to be Efficiently Caused, by that which hath not..a Sufficient Productive Power.
2. In an efficient manner; so as to produce an effect; with adequate success; effectively.
1828Foster in Life & Corr. (1846) II. 139 Means to act efficiently as his advocates. 1851Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. I. 403 None so efficiently protect the weak. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. i. 19 There is a fair evidence that the system worked efficiently and well. |