forceably
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "I immediately perceived, and was very forceably ſtruck with the ſtrong reſemblance there ſubſiſts between Mr. [Samuel] J[ohnso]n’s character, and that of the Limouſin ſcholar in [François] Rabelais, and of Lexiphanes in Lucian."
- "Mr. Mazowiecki, making a statement unusual for a Polish political figure, also acknowledged that Germans had been hurt when the borders were forceably shifted in 1945."
- "Conservative Republicans who had demanded an investigation and hearings when Elian, the 6-year-old Cuban boy, was forceably taken from the house of his great-uncle on April 22 quickly retreated when it was clear the public supported the government action."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: forceably
Usage
Inflected Forms
more forceably (comparative)
most forceably (superlative)