forcibly

English

Alternative forms

• forceably

Etymology

From Middle English forceably, equivalent to forcible +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːsəbli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

forcibly

1. 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     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 […]

2. In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.
   • 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:

     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.

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 (eo)
• 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)