Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a forcible manner; by force; strongly; energetically; impressively.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a forcible manner.
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- adverb In a
forcible manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a forcible manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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* The military did not act properly in forcibly expatriating Zelaya.
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I must demur forcibly from the experience related upthread of Danners fitting well out of the box.
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And you have the nerve to lecture others about forced conversions when the conquistadores had no shame in forcibly converting the natives to Catholicism.
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But the similarity that struck me most forcibly is the strong sense of place conveyed.
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But the similarity that struck me most forcibly is the strong sense of place conveyed.
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But the similarity that struck me most forcibly is the strong sense of place conveyed.
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If we had just stuck with "New Amsterdam" rather than having the name forcibly changed to New York by Anglo chauvinists, the WTC would never have been attacked.
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Many doors were smashed in forcibly in the process.
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Yet he spoke a name forcibly enough, still gazing earnestly at Gracie.
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Sergeant Wilkins, -- throwing out the name forcibly, as if he had no occasion to be ashamed of it.
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