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forcibly

/ˈfɔːsəbli/

forcibly adverb: in a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.

Adverb

forcibly

  1. In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.
    • 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 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
    • “Now get out of here,” and he grabbed Rokoff and Paulvitch each by the scruff of the neck and thrust them forcibly through the doorway, giving each an added impetus down the corridor with the toe of his boot.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 21
  2. In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.
    • 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.1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC

forcibly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

forcibly in Hindi

in a forcible manner
ज़ोर zor, ज़बरदस्ती zabardastī

forcibly in Tamil

வலிய, வல்லந்தமாக, வலிதின்

forcibly in Urdu

in a forcible manner
زور zor, زبردستی سے zabardastī se

forcibly in Bengali

in a forcible manner
জোর করে zor kôre
More languagesFewer languages
forcibly in Kannada
ಕಚಕ್ಕನೆ, ಬಲ್ಮೆಯಿಂದ
forcibly in Gujarati
જબરદસ્તીથી jabardastīthī
forcibly in Sanskrit
रभसा rabhasā

Forms of forcibly

alternative formforceably

Origin of forcibly

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

Words formed from forcibly

Questions about forcibly

What does forcibly mean?
Forcibly means in a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.
What is forcibly in Hindi?
Forcibly in Hindi is ज़ोर (zor), ज़बरदस्ती (zabardastī). See Forcibly meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is forcibly?
Forcibly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce forcibly?
Forcibly is pronounced /ˈfɔːsəbli/.

Words near forcibly in the dictionary

  1. forcible
  2. forcible entries
  3. forcible entry
  4. forcible-feeble
  5. forcibleness
  6. forcibly
  7. Forcier
  8. Forciers
  9. forcing
  10. forcing down someone's throat
  11. forcing function

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: forcibly (page history and authors); forcibly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forcibly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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