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forceably

adverb

forceably is an adverb meaning “Alternative spelling of forcibly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-C-E-A-B-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 98 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does forceably mean?

adverb

  1. 1

    obsoleteObsolete form of forcibly.

  2. 2

    Alternative spelling of forcibly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of forceably

  • more forceably comparative
  • most forceably superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is forceably?

Forceably appears about once in every 98 million words in written English, the 317,168th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does forceably come from?

From Middle English forceably, equivalent to forceable + -ly.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).