compulsorily

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Etymology[edit]

compulsory +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

compulsorily (comparative more compulsorily, superlative most compulsorily)

  1. In a compulsory manner.
    Soldiers were drafted compulsorily.
    • 1951 April, “Notes and News: The Fate of the G.N.R. (I.)”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281:
      These Governments [of Ireland and Northern Ireland] have now announced their intention to introduce measures enabling them compulsorily to purchase the railway.

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