- perforce as a adverb:
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perforce
adverb
1 perforce
By necessity; by force of circumstance.
Roget 744: by force etc. n., by force of arms; on compulsion, perforce; vi et armis [Lat.], under the lash; at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet; forcibly; by a strong arm. under protest, ... show more
Roget 603: unwillingly etc. adj.; grudgingly, with a heavy heart; with a bad, with an ill grace; against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain; ... show more
Roget 601: necessarily etc. adv.; of necessity, of course; ex necessitate rei [Lat.]; needs must; perforce etc. 744; nolens volens [Lat.]; will he nil he, willy nilly, bon gre mal gre [Fr.], ... show more
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