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S: (n) effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness, effectuality (power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect)

S: (n) incisiveness, trenchancy (keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect)
S: (n) efficacy, efficaciousness (capacity or power to produce a desired effect) "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"

S: (n) effectiveness, effectivity, effectualness, effectuality (power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect)

S: (n) incisiveness, trenchancy (keenness and forcefulness of thought or expression or intellect)
S: (n) efficacy, efficaciousness (capacity or power to produce a desired effect) "concern about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine"

W: (adj) efficacious [Related to: efficacy, efficaciousness] (producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect) "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"
W: (adj) efficacious [Related to: efficacy, efficaciousness] (marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect) "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"