compulsory
adjective
required; mandatory; obligatory.
compulsorily
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a word derived from
compulsory.
Example Sentences
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John Barnes, who had his family farm compulsorily purchased, said the government "have put a lot of people through a lot of pain and anguish".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2023
After two months, one employee began compulsorily turning off every light in the station.
From Salon ● May 29, 2023
Seventy-five percent of them will be compulsorily retired after four years with no pension benefits.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 16, 2022
The residents were compulsorily relocated and the crumbling city, thought to be possibly the third-oldest in the world after Aleppo and Jericho, lay empty for the first time in 10,000 years.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 1, 2019
Today the AT is a wilderness by design—actually, by fiat, since many of the properties Shaffer passed were later compulsorily purchased and quietly returned to woodland.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
