Usually means: Imposed or inflicted against one's will.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word forcibly:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. forcibly: Merriam-Webster
  2. forcibly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. forcibly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. forcibly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Forcibly, forcibly: Wordnik
  6. forcibly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. forcibly: Wiktionary
  8. Forcibly, forcibly: Dictionary.com
  9. forcibly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Forcibly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Forcibly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. forcibly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. forcibly: Rhymezone
  14. Forcibly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. forcibly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. forcibly: FreeDictionary.org
  17. forcibly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. forcibly: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. forcibly: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. forcibly: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. forcibly: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (forcibly)

▸ adverb:  In a forcible manner, by force, against one's will.
▸ adverb:  In a forcible manner, with force, with powerful effect, powerfully, strongly.

Similar:
forceably, forcingly, forcely, forcedly, forcefully, against someone's will, coercively, nonforcibly, violently, coercibly, more...

Opposite:
voluntarily, willingly, freely, optionally

Phrases:
take forcibly, remove forcibly, forcibly remove, forcibly taken, forcibly appropriate, more...

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Similar:
forceably, forcingly, forcely, forcedly, forcefully, against someone's will, coercively, nonforcibly, violently, coercibly, more...

Opposite:
voluntarily, willingly, freely, optionally

Phrases:
take forcibly, remove forcibly, forcibly remove, forcibly taken, forcibly appropriate, forcibly extort, obtained forcibly, forcibly abduct, forcibly removes, forcibly calm, to drive together forcibly, more...

Colors:
    red,     black,     dark red,     crimson,     maroon, more...



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