perforce

Examples

• All

• So doubly seconded with will and power must make perforce a universal prey and last eat up himself.

  Stanford

• Nevertheless, because the chairman's exposure to political bashing has perforce increased, our nation's defense against inflation has actually grown more fragile.

  Academic text (1991)

• Ugly situations can ensue when these people are perforce given direct reports.

  Blog text (2)

• Mr. Hawkins, moving perforce to avoid my stepping on him, backed away, still talking.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I would consider China's weak-yuan policy to make sense as long as they are seeking to buy oil in international markets that are perforce priced in dollars.

  Blog text (24)

• She follows perforce, weeping to the polis and the gatherings of people.

• The South African national liberation struggle—in essence a struggle for self-determination, for democracy, for the right to self-representation—has perforce been a violent one too.

  Academic text (1996)

• But though their quaint, antiquated billing and cooing was a pleasing enough thing to watch, it is notorious that even in these second bridal journeys the outsider is very much outside, and I was driven back perforce to my window.

  Blog text (22)

• Due to the storm, we were perforce forced to cancel our outdoor plans.

• The meeting was perforce postponed until everyone could attend.

Synonyms

N

necessarily

vsperforce

∞ 3.7

In a way that cannot be avoided

is necessity caused by circumstances rather than general inevitability

I

ipso facto

vsperforce

• Formal

6 8.9

As a direct result of that fact

is necessity caused by circumstances rather than logical consequence

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology