forcedly
/ˈfɔɹ.sɪd.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a manner that is, or seems, forced.
Example Sentences
- "In the last 75 years, the two main resident choreographers who have reshaped the Paris Opera Ballet are Serge Lifar and Rudolf Nureyev, intelligent stars whose choreography was generally empty, pompously (Lifar) or forcedly (Nureyev) academicist, astoundingly anti-musical in emphasis, strong on surface and almost entirely devoid of dance tone."
Etymology
From forced + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɔɹ.sɪd.li/
- British English: /ˈfɔː.sɪd.li/
Inflected Forms
more forcedly (comparative)
most forcedly (superlative)