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forcibly, adv.|ˈfɔəsɪblɪ|
[f. forcible + -ly2.]
In a forcible manner.
1. By or with force; also, against one's will.
1543tr. Act 15 Rich. II, c. 2 Any that holdeth suche place forcybly after suche entrye made. a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. iv. (1642) 283 His father..intended to take her from him forceably. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 173 Points and islands, which forcibly shift the bed of the river. 1867Smiles Huguenots Eng. ix. (1880) 147 A Roman Catholic relative..had the girl forcibly conveyed to the convent.
2. With powerful effect, energetically, strongly, vigorously; also, convincingly.
1578T. Wilcocks Serm. Pawles 20 The Spirit of God dothe moste forceably expresse this matter by this word. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. xii. 46 b, Working so forcibly with ores, that wee entred into the port. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. iii. ii. xiii, It shall thy reason forceably convince. 1782Paine Let. Abbé Raynal (1791) 47 Perhaps no two events ever united so forceably to expel prejudice. 1843Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 214 He reminded me forcibly of the Princess Huncamunca. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) II. i. 5 It would be impertinent to say again in feebler language what Carlyle has expressed so forcibly. |