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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fawr-suh-buh l, fohr- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɔr sə bəl, ˈfoʊr- |
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Définition of forcible
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French forcible, from Old French forcier (see force (n.)). Related: Forcibly.
- adj powerful, aggressive
- It is national in the broadest sense of the term, and primative and forcible to intensity.
- Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
- The circumstance made a forcible and indelible impression on my mind.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- And this again led to the forcible expulsion of every Morisco in Spain.
- Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele
- "A Sulaco revolution," Decoud pursued in a forcible undertone.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- But this is the effect of his predilection for individuals of forcible character.
- Extract from : « Maxim Gorki » by Hans Ostwald
- No, it is all quite simple; and my words had no need to be forcible or brilliant.
- Extract from : « The Choice of Life » by Georgette Leblanc
- No forcible translation of favour into suspicion was able to uphold such a theory.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- There are some expressions so forcible that46 they can not be made more so.
- Extract from : « The Hunters of the Ozark » by Edward S. Ellis
- He rescues Miss Byron from an attempt at a forcible abduction.
- Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
- And is it decorous in episode, cheerful in tone, and forcible in moral tendency?
- Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
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