Definition of Forcibly

1. Adverb. In a forcible manner. "Keep in mind the dangers of imposing our own values and prejudices too forcibly"

Partainyms: Forcible

Definition of Forcibly

1. adv. In a forcible manner.

Definition of Forcibly

1. Adverb. in a forcible manner ¹

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Definition of Forcibly

1. forcible [adv] - See also: forcible

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forcibly

forceps minor
forceps posterior
forcepses
forcepslike
forcer
forcers
forces
forces of nature
forces out
forcest
forceth
forcible
forcible-feeble
forcibleness
forciblenesses
forcibly (current term)
forcing
forcing house
forcing houses
forcing out
forcingly
forcings
forcipal
forcipate
forcipation
forcipes
forcipressure
forcipule
forcipules
forcleave

Literary usage of Forcibly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"In that case the bill of indictment is In part as follows : "Did make an assault and her, the said, • * * then and there forcibly, violently, ..."

2. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"If you consider that the part which is forcibly held down when those calamities of our own occur, and which has hungered for the privilege of weeping and ..."

3. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1839)
"... novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than, the general equality of conditions. ..."

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