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View usage for: (pəʳfɔːʳs) adverb [ADVERB with verb]Perforce is used to indicate that something happens or is the case because it cannot be prevented or avoided. [old-fashioned] The war in 1939 perforce ushered in an era of more grime and drabness. Synonyms: necessarily, inevitably, of necessity, unavoidably More Synonyms of perforce perforce in British English (pəˈfɔːs) adverbby necessity; unavoidably Word origin C14: from Old French par force; see per, force1perforce in American English (pərˈfɔrs) adverb by or through necessity; necessarily Word origin ME par force < OFr: see per 1 & force Examples of 'perforce' in a sentenceperforce This scent breathed in, Rebecca is brought back, perforce, to a memory.She perforce sat in the chair opposite him, clasping her hands in her lap.`My colleague and I are from the police," he said perforce, speaking slowly and distinctly.To reach the doors giving onto the gardens they had, perforce, to travel the length of the room. Definition of necessity (formal) He had, perforce, to be content with being second. Synonyms unavoidably by necessity needs must without choice by force of circumstances Additional synonymsInevitably, the proposal is running into difficulties. Synonyms unavoidably, naturally, necessarily, surely, certainly, as a result, automatically, consequently, of necessity, perforce (formal), inescapably, as a necessary consequence Definition inevitably The recommendations made in this handbook are, of necessity, fairly general. Synonyms necessarily, inevitably, unavoidably, perforce (formal), nolens volens Definition whether desired or not We were dragged willy-nilly into the argument. Synonyms whether you like it or not, necessarily, of necessity, perforce (formal), whether or no, whether desired or not, nolens volens - perfidious
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