Definition

Adverb: In a mandatory or obligatory manner; done or required by force of rule, law, or compulsion, and not by choice.

Usage

The adverb "compulsorily" is used to describe an action that is imposed as a requirement and must be done. It modifies verbs to indicate that the action is not optional. * The new law compulsorily requires all residents to register. * Attendance at the safety briefing is compulsorily enforced for all new employees.

Examples

• The court ordered the company to compulsorily acquire the land for the public project.
• Children between the ages of five and sixteen are compulsorily educated in this country.
• The software update was compulsorily installed on all network computers.

Advanced Usage

• "Compulsorily retired": Refers to being forced to retire from a job, often due to reaching a mandatory retirement age or as a disciplinary measure.
  • The officer was compulsorily retired following the investigation.
• "Compulsorily purchased": (UK English) Refers to property that a government or local authority has the legal power to buy from an owner, even if the owner does not wish to sell, typically for public works. Similar to "eminent domain" in US English.
  • Their house was compulsorily purchased to make way for the new highway.

Variants and Related Words

• Compulsory (adjective): Required by law or a rule; obligatory.
  • Wearing a seatbelt is compulsory.
• Compulsion (noun): The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something; constraint.
  • He was under no compulsion to sign the agreement.

Synonyms

• Obligatorily
• Mandatorily
• Forcibly (in the sense of being forced by authority, not necessarily physical force)
• By compulsion

Antonyms

• Voluntarily
• Optionally
• Electively

Related Phrases

• Compulsory acquisition: (Legal) The power of a government to take private property for public use.
• Compulsory education: A period of education that is required of all people and imposed by law.

Adverb

1. in a manner that cannot be evaded
   • the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied.