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Compulsorily

Compulsorily \Com*pul"so*ri*ly\, adv. In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.

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compulsorily

adv. in a compulsory manner

WordNet
compulsorily

adv. in a manner that cannot be evaded; "the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied." [syn: obligatorily, mandatorily]

Usage examples of "compulsorily".

Trainers bought yearlings at auction for their owners, paying compulsorily for them on the spot and relying on the owners to reimburse them fairly soon.

Living creatures are compulsorily made, by the force of life, to gaze into one furrow.

To be trapped compulsorily in one furrow of time entails seeing the images of that furrow only as they recede.

Living creatures were compulsorily made, by the force of life, to gaze into one furrow.

Kristian's valet, finding her with the last tablet clenched in her hand, had forced an emetic between her teeth, and compulsorily brought her back to life.

Alighting at his chief manager's office, he passed through the heated atmosphere of black-browed, wiry little rebels, who withheld the salute as they lounged: a posture often preceding the spring in compulsorily idle workers.

Gradually, as his mother's cheek grew paler, and his father more anxious-eyed, more compulsorily cheerful, we gave up discussing publicly the many excellent reasons why no letters should come from Guy.

Word filtered down to the suppressed on Rugarian, Deski, Iginish, Turs and Terran home worlds, and on the compulsorily colonized planets.