Synonyms of forcibly

forcibly

adverb

as in strongly

in a vigorous and forceful manner

the disruptive passenger was forcibly removed from the plane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strongly
• vigorously
• forcefully
• firmly
• hard
• powerfully
• vehemently
• fiercely
• energetically
• dynamically
• eagerly
• explosively
• violently
• strenuously
• sturdily
• stoutly
• roundly
• with a vengeance
• with might and main
• stiffly
• fast
• mightily
• sharply
• actively
• muscularly
• like gangbusters
• steadily
• surely
• to beat the band
• intensively
• intently
• aggressively
• robustly
• briskly
• rigidly
• purposefully
• resolutely
• emphatically
• crisply
• lustily
• determinedly
• roughshod
• smartly
• spiritedly
• solidly
• gamely
• squarely
• animatedly
• steadfastly
• soundly
• heartily
• fixedly
• decidedly
• potently
• hammer and tongs
• vivaciously
• manfully
• directly
• assertively
• spunkily
• snappily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gently
• weakly
• feebly
• softly
• delicately
• faintly
• shakily
• lazily
• languidly
• halfheartedly
• listlessly
• ineffectually
• ineffectively
• frailly
• bloodlessly
• lamely
• uncertainly
• impotently
• spinelessly
• spiritlessly
• nervelessly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of forcibly

This is the situation to which Haitians living in the United States are being forcibly returned. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026

More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, previously came forward to investigators and reported that they were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Shih said the victim, an elderly woman, was approached by a woman who forcibly took her ring and gold chain necklace. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

Others are being drawn — sometimes forcibly — into Myanmar's civil war or toward Rohingya militant groups and criminal gangs, which rights advocates say operate with impunity. — Lorcan Lovett, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

In January, the two men, Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna and Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis, were charged in a federal criminal complaint with forcibly assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers in performance of their official duties. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

During the day, the menu reclaims fry bread, a dish with a knotty history among Indigenous groups, as they were forced to adapt to US government rations when forcibly displaced from their homes. — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

Only when war between the United States and Japan broke out the next year were Japanese schools in Hawaii forcibly closed. — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2026

The orders have been a recurring flashpoint in these deals, with legal complaints alleging officials in Equatorial Guinea and Ghana forcibly sent third-country deportees to their home nations in violation of the orders. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026