forcibly

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FORCIBLY, adverb 1. By violence or force. 2. Strongly; powerfully; with power or energy; impressively. The gospel offers such considerations as are fit to work very forcibly on our hopes and fears. 3. Impetuously; violently; with great strength; as a stream rushing forcibly down a precipice.
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