obligatorily

English

Etymology

From obligatory +‎ -ly.

Adverb

obligatorily (comparative more obligatorily, superlative most obligatorily)

1. In an obligatory manner.

   Synonym: obligately

   Near-synonyms: necessarily; mandatorily; imperatively; (sometimes) by nature

   • 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 56:

     In essence, we evolved defenses that rendered us nearly invincible and allowed us to become obligatorily social.