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English
Etymology
From Middle English forceably, equivalent to forcible + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
forcibly
- In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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
- In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.
Derived terms
Translations
in a forcible manner
- Azerbaijani: zorən, zorla, zorakı, qəhrən, icbarən, cəbrən, məcburən
- Belarusian: прымусо́ва (prymusóva)
- Bengali: জোর করে (zor kôre)
- Catalan: forçadament (ca)
- Esperanto: devigante
- Finnish: väkisin (fi), väkivalloin, voimakeinoin
- French: de force (fr)
- Galician: á forza
- Greek:
- Ancient: βιαίως (biaíōs)
- Gujarati: જબરદસ્તીથી (jabardastīthī)
- Hindi: ज़ोर (zor), ज़बरदस्ती (zabardastī)
- Japanese: 有無を言わさず (ja) (umu o iwasazu)
- Korean: 강제로 (ko) (gangjero)
- Polish: na siłę (pl), przemocą (pl), siłą (pl)
- Russian: принуди́тельно (ru) (prinudítelʹno), наси́льственно (ru) (nasílʹstvenno), наси́льно (ru) (nasílʹno), нево́лей (ru) (nevólej)
- Sanskrit: रभसा (sa) (rabhasā)
- Serbo-Croatian: присилно, prisilno (sh), силом, silom (sh)
- Swedish: med våld
- Ukrainian: примусо́во (prymusóvo)
- Urdu: زور (ur) (zor), زبردستی سے (zabardastī se)
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