Used in a Sentence

forcibly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for forcibly.

Editorial note

Generally mugging means you are physically assaulted and then your property is forcibly taken from you.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of forcibly gathered in one view.

adverb

In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.

adverb

In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for forcibly.

adverb

In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.

adverb

In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.

Example sentences

1

Generally mugging means you are physically assaulted and then your property is forcibly taken from you.

2

For performance reasons, Haskell programmers often need to forcibly make operations strict and turn off the thunk essentially.

3

Is there a reason they didn't just forcibly board the boat with a swat type team from helicopters, or something similar?

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The notion that having less of your money forcibly taken from you is a form of welfare really baffles my mind.

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In the 1970s, about 1100 people were forcibly removed after the British government took control of the island for the US naval base.

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If Reddit forcibly take control of the subreddits, I'd be surprised if we didn't see a Reddit civil war.

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We certainly don't condemn lions as immoral for killing and eating antelope; or the mallard for reproducing forcibly with a less than willing female.

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If those investors would stop forcibly concentrating their entire investment portfolio here, there might be a chance at other places developing vibrant technology ecosystems.

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Plenty of companies are still forcibly keeping their data in their own datacenters due to regulatory reasons despite desperately wanting to use third party providers.

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And after decades of constant changes, it will be forcibly retired.

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Please explain how forcibly taking someone's money is not theft.

12

This is then forcibly tied into median family income?

Quote examples

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Can you show people being forcibly sterilised against their will because they are "stupid fools"?

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Another point, the researcher claimed was that 20% of the "compromised" linux URLs were actually infrastructure set up by exploiters themselves, rather than servers taken over forcibly.

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Banning drones from mall areas is not about "making it more illegal to put C4 there." It's about empowering the law and private citizens to forcibly remove drones from a dangerous areas to prevent drone crime.

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I almost feel like you are saying that forcibly exfiltrating someone from their land, packing them into a ship where ~15-30% die before even getting the "privilege" of being sold onto bondage[0] and serve the rest of their lives as property is remotely comparable to a person using gmail for free but retaining any right for such a company to profit from that data(which you freely give them)?

Proper noun examples

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Forcibly stopping them from doing what they please with their own money because they're 'normal' people?

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use forcibly in a sentence?

Generally mugging means you are physically assaulted and then your property is forcibly taken from you.

What does forcibly mean?

In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.

What part of speech is forcibly?

forcibly is commonly used as adverb.