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Webster 1913 Edition
Forcibly
For′ci-bly
,adv.
In a forcible manner.
Webster 1828 Edition
Forcibly
FORCIBLY
, adv.1.
By violence or force.2.
Strongly; powerfully; with power or energy; impressively.The gospel offers such considerations as are fit to work very forcibly on our hopes and fears.
3.
Impetuously; violently; with great strength; as a stream rushing forcibly down a precipice.Definition 2024
forcibly
forcibly
English
Adverb
forcibly
- In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene 4,
- 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 […]
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene 4,
- In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter ,
- 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.
- 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, Chapter ,