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compellably

compellably adverb: by compulsion; in a compellable way.

Adverb

compellably (not comparable)

  1. By compulsion; in a compellable way.
    • with maternal sanction compellably empanelled at quarter sessions1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC

Origin of compellably

From compellable + -ly.

Questions about compellably

What does compellably mean?
Compellably means by compulsion; in a compellable way.
What part of speech is compellably?
Compellably is an adverb.

Words near compellably in the dictionary

  1. compeering
  2. compeers
  3. compel
  4. compel testimony
  5. compellable
  6. compellably
  7. compellance
  8. compellation
  9. compellations
  10. compellative
  11. compellatives

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