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affectual

affectual adjective: pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.

Adjective

affectual (comparative more affectual, superlative most affectual)

  1. Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
    • Lust not only affectual, but actual, is dispensed with.1629, Thomas Adams, The Fatal Banquet

Synonyms of affectual

Forms of affectual

comparativemore affectual
superlativemost affectual

Origin of affectual

From Latin affectus (“mental disposition, desire”).

Words formed from affectual

Questions about affectual

What does affectual mean?
Affectual means pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
What part of speech is affectual?
Affectual is an adjective.

Words near affectual in the dictionary

  1. affector
  2. affectors
  3. affectour
  4. affectours
  5. affects
  6. affectual
  7. affectuality
  8. affectually
  9. affectuous
  10. affectuously
  11. affeeble

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