Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfɔːsəbli/
- In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene 4,
- And suddenly; where injury of chance / Puts back leave-taking, justles roughly by / All time of pause, rudely beguiles our lips / Of all rejoindure, forcibly prevents / Our lock'd embrasures […]
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene 4,
- In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter,
- It was now cold, winter weather: forcibly recalling to his mind under what circumstances he had first travelled that road, and how many vicissitudes and changes he had since undergone.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter,
- French: de force
- Russian: принуди́тельно
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