affectual

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

affectual (comparative more affectual, superlative most affectual)

1. Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire.
   • 1629, Thomas Adams, The Fatal Banquet:

     Lust not only affectual, but actual, is dispensed with.

Synonyms

• emotional, affectional, earnest

Derived terms

• affectuality
• affectually

Related terms

• affect

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “affectual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.