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Compulsorily

Definition: Compulsorily

Compulsorily

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.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "compulsorily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1841. (references)


Synonyms: Compulsorily

Synonyms: mandatorily (adv), obligatorily (adv). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Compulsorily

English words defined with "compulsorily": conscriptmandatorilyobligatorily. (references)
Specialty definitions using "compulsorily": compulsory patientObligatory forum court statute. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Compulsorily

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

VCRAT is encouraging voluntary fitting through publicity and other incentives, but is also considering changing the law to require cars over a certain age to have them fitted compulsorily. (references)

Economic History

West Bank

In Gaza a registered design may be compulsorily licensed under certain circumstances. (references)

Belgium

When the Belgian government does use its eminent domain powers to compulsorily acquire property for a public purpose, adequate compensation is paid to the property owners. (references)

Barbados

The Barbados Constitution and Companies Act contain provisions that permit the Government to compulsorily acquire property for public uses upon prompt payment of compensation at fair market value. (references)

Minorities

Bhutan

The Government states that 429 civil servants, many of them ethnic Nepalese, were retired compulsorily in accordance with the resolution, and that the program was abrogated in November 1997. The Government states that those forced to retire were accorded retirement benefits in proportion to their years of government service. (references)

Political Rights

Bhutan

The procedures for the nomination and election of National Assembly members state that in order to be eligible for nomination as a candidate, a person must be a citizen of Bhutan; be at least 25 years of age; not be married to a foreign national; not have been terminated or compulsorily retired for misconduct from government service; not have committed any act of treason against the King, the populace, and country; have no criminal record or any criminal case pending against him; have respect for the nation's laws; and be able to read and write in Dzongkha (the language, in several dialects, spoken by Bhutanese Buddhists). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Compulsorily

"Compulsorily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Compulsorily" is used about 108 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adverb (general)100%10831,306

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Compulsorily

Language Translations for "compulsorily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏كرها (forcibly, reluctantly, unwillingly). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

必修地. (various references)

   

Danish

  

tvungent forsikret (compulsorily insured), tvangsarv (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs), tjenesten ophoerer ved frivillig fratraeden eller ved afskedigelse (the duties(of a member)shall end when he resigns or is compulsorily retired), mand,der er afskediget af økonomiske grunde (man made compulsorily redundant), lovpligtig forsikret (compulsorily insured), kreds af ekspropriationsfærdige grundstykker (perimeter of buildings to be compulsorily acquired), forsikret i henhold til en tvungen forsikring (compulsorily insured), ekspropriationsmyndighederne (authority which purchases compulsorily, expropriating authority), anmode om bemyndigelse til tvangsmaessig gennemfoerelse af denne kontrol (to apply for an order to ensure that the inspection be carried out compulsorily). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

wettelijk erfdeel (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs), verplichte oproeping van de schuldenaar (compulsorily summoning the debtor), verplicht verzekerd (compulsorily insured), onteigeningsbevoegde instantie (authority which purchases compulsorily, expropriating authority), omtrek van de te onteigenen percelen (perimeter of buildings to be compulsorily acquired), om economische redenen ontslagen man (man made compulsorily redundant), een bevelschrift vragen,ten einde met dwangmiddelen de uitvoering van de controle te verzekeren (to apply for an order to ensure that the inspection be carried out compulsorily), de ambtsvervulling eindigt door vrijwillig ontslag of ontslag ambtshalve (the duties(of a member)shall end when he resigns or is compulsorily retired). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pakkolunastusviranomainen (authority which purchases compulsorily, expropriating authority), pakkolunastaa (expropriate, purchase compulsorily). (various references)

   

French

  

convocation obligatoire du débiteur (compulsorily summoning the debtor), réserve successorale (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs), réserve légale (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs), réserve (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs, reservoir compound), pouvoir expropriant (authority which purchases compulsorily), périmètre des immeubles exproprier (perimeter of buildings to be compulsorily acquired), licencié pour cause économique (man made compulsorily redundant), les fonctions prennent fin par démission volontaire ou d'office (the duties(of a member)shall end when he resigns or is compulsorily retired), demander un mandat,afin d'assurer par voie de contrainte l'exécution de ce contrôle (to apply for an order to ensure that the inspection be carried out compulsorily), biens réservés (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs), autorité expropriante (authority which purchases compulsorily), assuré au titre d'une assurance obligatoire (compulsorily insured), assuré titre obligatoire (compulsorily insured). (various references)

   

German

  

obligatorisch (compulsory, mandatory, necessary, obligatory, requisite). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

νόμιμη μοίρα (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs), υπηρεσία απαλλοτριώσεων (authority which purchases compulsorily, expropriating authority), ζητεί ένταλμα προς διασφάλιση του ελέγχου αυτού δι'εξαναγκασμού (to apply for an order to ensure that the inspection be carried out compulsorily), ασφαλισμένος δυνάμει υποχρεωτικής ασφαλίσεως (compulsorily insured), απολυόμενος για οικονομικούς λόγους (man made compulsorily redundant), τα καθήκοντα λήγουν κατόπιν παραιτήσεως ή απαλλαγής από αυτά (the duties(of a member)shall end when he resigns or is compulsorily retired). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kötelezõen, kötelezően (compulsively), kényszerrel (compulsively), kényszer hatása alatt (compulsively, under compulsion), erőszakkal (by force, compulsively, to roust out). (various references)

   

Italian

  

coperto da assicurazione obbligatoria (compulsorily insured), citazione obbligatoria del debitore (compulsorily summoning the debtor), riserva (backup, fund, national park, Park, pool, preserve, provision, qualification, reservation, reserve, sanctuary, stand by, stock, wilderness), perimetro degli immobili da sottoporre a esproprio (perimeter of buildings to be compulsorily acquired), perimetro degli immobili da espropriare (perimeter of buildings to be compulsorily acquired), licenziato per cause economiche (man made compulsorily redundant), le funzioni cessano per dimissioni volontarie o d'ufficio (the duties(of a member)shall end when he resigns or is compulsorily retired), domandare un mandato,al fine di assicurare l'esecuzione forzata del controllo stesso (to apply for an order to ensure that the inspection be carried out compulsorily), autorit espropriante (authority which purchases compulsorily, expropriating authority). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

否応無しに (by force, whether one likes it or not), 否応なしに (by force, whether one likes it or not). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

いやおうなしに (by force, whether one likes it or not). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

강 으로 (Coercively, forcibly). (various references)

   

Manx

  

er egin (forcibly, perforce). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ompulsorilycay

   

Portuguese

  

pedir um mandato a fim de assegurar,coercivamente,a execução dessa inspecção (to apply for an order to ensure that the inspection be carried out compulsorily), legítima (portion of the estate to devolve compulsorily upon the heirs), despedido por razões económicas (man made compulsorily redundant), as funções cessam por demissão voluntária ou compulsiva (the duties(of a member)shall end when he resigns or is compulsorily retired), abrangido por um seguro obrigatório (compulsorily insured). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

reserva (backlog, booking, qualification, reservation, reserve, salvo, secretiveness, store), despedido por razones económicas (man made compulsorily redundant), asegurado en virtud de un seguro obligatorio (compulsorily insured), asegurado con carácter obligatorio (compulsorily insured). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

fastighetsdomstol (authority which purchases compulsorily, expropriating authority), ämbete skall upphöra när ledamoten begär sitt entledigande eller avsätts (the duties(of a member)shall end when he resigns or is compulsorily retired). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

mecburen (coerciblely, fain, forcedly, needs must). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Compulsorily"

Words rhyming with "compulsorily" (pronounced 'Com*pul"so*ri*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Compulsorily

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-i-l-l-m-o-o-p-r-s-u-y"

-2 letters: collyriums, compulsory.

-3 letters: collyrium, copiously.

-4 letters: clumsily, colorism, couloirs, criollos, croupily, illusory, imporous, miscolor, polyuric, porously, psyllium, rollmops, uroscopy.

-5 letters: collops, colours, copious, cormous, couloir, coypous, criollo, crisply, crumply, crusily, curlily, locoism, lousily, lumpily, miscopy, mollusc, mousily, oilcups, ormolus, pillory, piously, plimsol, prosily, pursily, pyloric, pylorus, rollmop, roomily, roupily, scollop, scrimpy, surlily, upcoils.

 Words containing the letters "c-i-l-l-m-o-o-p-r-s-u-y"
 

+1 letter: microphyllous.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Usage Frequency
6. Translations: Modern
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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