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In a weak, feeble or helpless manner
“The orgies of that fatal and egotistic period have produced an effete generation.”
Adverb for showing or displaying a lack of courage or weakness of character
“Our culture appears to have grown rather effete and prefers to avoid ideological confrontation.”
Adverb for having lost all desirable qualities
“In this effete world, beautiful things bore, and horrible things please.”
Adverb for barren and unable to produce crops
“The cultivator sends his fleets to far distant seas to gather from desert isles as a precious treasure the very manure which his effete land requires.”
Adverb for not capable of effective action
“The effete aristocrats must rely on the butler's practical skills to survive, and the balance of power shifts from master to servant.”
Adverb for affected or over-refined
“Being perceived as an effete art student often made the dressing room a very uncomfortable place for me.”
Adverb for exhibiting behavior or mannerisms considered unmasculine
“When Clayton is first introduced, he is a slightly creepy, effete cowboy with a pronounced Irish accent.”
Adverb for lacking care or enthusiasm
Adverb for no longer capable, effective or needed
Adverb for having lost good or desirable qualities
Adverb for devoted to pleasure
Adverb for finished or having been brought to an end
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