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compulsorily en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English compulsory Middle English -ly English -ly English compulsorily From compulsory + -ly.

Meanings

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

Forms

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most compulsorily Degree=Sup lexicographic
more compulsorily Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

voluntarily

Translations (13)

ru принуди́тельно (in a compulsory manner) · pt obrigatoriamente (in a compulsory manner) · ja 強制的に (in a compulsory manner) · pl obowiązkowo (in a compulsory manner) · ca obligatòriament (in a compulsory manner) · nrf oblyigatouaithement (in a compulsory manner) · ca forçosament (in a compulsory manner) · pt compulsivamente (in a compulsory manner) · hu kötelezően (in a compulsory manner) · fr compulsivement (in a compulsory manner) · es obligatoriamente (in a compulsory manner) · ja 否応無しに (in a compulsory manner) · nl verplicht (in a compulsory manner)