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compulsorily


Meanings
  • meaning 1: A legal or official requirement.

    - "The school has a compulsory attendance policy."
    - "Under the law, paying taxes is a compulsory duty."
  • meaning 2: Done or happening under force or coercion.

    - "The military conscripted thousands of young men into service."
    - "Under duress, the suspect confessed to the crime."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with compulsorily
compulsorily , sorrowfully , stuporously , superiorly , successfully , gracefully , powerfully , sensibly , reasonably
Variants
List of all variants of compulsorily that leads to same result
compulsorily , compulsory
Etymology
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The term 'compulsorily' is derived from the Latin word 'compulsor', which means 'forced' or 'coerced'. The suffix '-ly' is added to indicate the manner in which the action is performed.


Quotes
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  1. So he wants a private life and no photographs and nobody to know his home address. I can dig it, I can relate to that (but, like he should try it when it's "compulsory" instead of a free-choice option).

    - Salman Rushdie,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},14 Jan. 1990
  2. He began to resent the "compulsory" attendance at the boring factory meetings.

    - James Reston, Jr.,{it}Time{/it},28 Nov. 1988
  3. To free the mind and the heart from "compulsory" religious confession and observance was good for all three interested parties: the state, the church and the people.

    - Jon Meacham,{it}Newsweek{/it},27 Jan. 2009

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