"affectual" meaning in English

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      "form": "more affectual",
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "Pertaining to or consisting in disposition or desire."
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          "word": "affect"
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          "word": "emotional"
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        {
          "word": "affectional"
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        {
          "word": "earnest"
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  "word": "affectual"
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      "word": "affectuality"
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      "form": "more affectual",
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      "form": "most affectual",
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