perforce
/pə'fɔ:s/
Definition
Adverb 1. By necessity; because it is or was unavoidable or compelled: Used to indicate that something happens or must happen due to circumstances that force it, not by choice.
Usage
"Perforce" is a formal adverb used to describe an action taken or a situation that exists because of necessity or external compulsion. It often implies a lack of alternatives.
Examples
- The road was closed, so we perforce took a long detour.
- As the last remaining member, she perforce assumed leadership of the group.
- The evidence is circumstantial; the jury must perforce consider it carefully.
Advanced Usage
- In legal or formal writing: "The contract, having been breached, is perforce terminated."
- To convey inevitability in analysis: "Any historical account is perforce an interpretation."
Variants and Related Words
- Perforce functions solely as an adverb. There is no direct adjective or noun form of the word itself.
- Necessarily (adv.): As a necessary result; inevitably. (A more common synonym).
- Of necessity (phrase): Because it is necessary.
Synonyms
- Necessarily
- Inevitably
- Unavoidably
- Compulsorily
- Willy-nilly
Antonyms
- Voluntarily
- Optionally
- Willingly
- By choice
Adverb
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by necessity; by force of circumstance
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