forcibly

[US]/'fɔ:səbli/
[UK]/ˈforsəblɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a way that is done by force or compulsion; powerfully; convincingly.

Example Sentences

Children were taken forcibly from their mothers.

The rioters were forcibly removed from the plaza.

He was forcibly ejected from the restaurant.

Her ideas were forcibly expressed.

angry supporters were forcibly ejected from the court.

the countries which Stalin forcibly incorporated into the Soviet empire

The foreign traveler complained that he's been forcibly held by the local police without good reason.

His manner reminded me forcibly of his father's.

people who have been forcibly removed from their homes

Many refugees were forcibly deported back to the countries they had come from.

To cadging make a living as a performer person clear the standard also had clear, pester repeatedly namely, beg forcibly the person that reach the means with other and mobbish other to cadge.

Real-world Examples

This was preferable, he said, to jailing the unvaccinated or forcibly injecting them.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

He couldn't remove me forcibly from the car as he might have if we'd been alone.

Source: Twilight: Eclipse

I was forcibly turned into a political being.

Source: New York Magazine (Video Edition)

Forcibly seized, Ned Land and Conseil were behind me.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Harry was reminded forcibly of Dobby in his moments of terrified disobedience.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

" —and stay out! " shouted Madam Rosmerta, forcibly ejecting a grubby-looking wizard.

Source: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Families forcibly moved out and their children given compulsory lessons in Danish values.

Source: VOA Standard English_Europe

I shook him forcibly by the arm, and strove in vain to wake him.

Source: Monk (Part 1)

Eritrea has been accused of forcibly turning away refugees attempting to flee Sudan's fighting.

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

The family was forcibly removed from Greece to Turkey by the agency in 2016.

Source: BBC Listening Collection September 2023

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