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English
Etymology
From compulsory + -ly.
Adverb
compulsorily (comparative more compulsorily, superlative most compulsorily)
- In a compulsory manner.
Soldiers were drafted compulsorily.
1951 April, “Notes and News: The Fate of the G.N.R. (I.)”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281:These Governments [of Ireland and Northern Ireland] have now announced their intention to introduce measures enabling them compulsorily to purchase the railway.
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