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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Strong; powerful.

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Examples

  • I sincerely hope Obama will damage his standing in the black community by so forcely publicly dissing Wright.

    Obama On Wright: "I Might Not Know Him As Well As I Thought" 2009

  • When Obama was trailing, he was cheered by the media to attack Clinton and he pleaded with the New York Times that he would start attacking Clinton more forcely.

    Hillary Plans To Draw Sharper "Contrast" With Obama In Days Ahead 2009

  • I think at a bare minimum he needs to reaffirm the special relationship with Israel, something he's not yet done in a forcely way in public.

    CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2009 2009

  • The things I knew were- there was this black lady, forcely got into marital life with a cruel man.

    The Color Purple Arlene 2005

  • The things I knew were- there was this black lady, forcely got into marital life with a cruel man.

    Archive 2005-01-01 Arlene 2005

  • It is showing fine, it can run project, can create project But when i click on design or split mode it is not responding then i need to close the VS 2008 forcely (from task manager)

    ASP.NET Forums RajibRoy 2010

  • I forcely asked stop the infusion and denied anymore injections or medication.

    Unspun 2009

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