perforce

American  

[per-fawrs, -fohrs] / pərˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs /

adverb

1. of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance.

   The story must perforce be true.

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perforce British  

/ pəˈfɔːs /

adverb

1. by necessity; unavoidably

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Etymology

Origin of perforce

1300–50; per + force; replacing Middle English par force < Middle French

Example Sentences

Kirsten Menger-Anderson’s new book, “The Expert of Subtle Revisions,” does just that, while exploring the way history is perforce affected by how it is told and who does the telling.

From Los Angeles Times

Even people’s pets were bought up, or perforce left behind.

From Los Angeles Times

That was a closed-loop cemetery system: the nonnative Americans living here were perforce Spanish and Mexican, and Catholic, and often buried in mission graveyards.

From Los Angeles Times

Methane is a carbon-based molecule, so many of the ingredients for life are perforce there.

From Scientific American

Elizabeth II was perforce a kind of cipher, less a personality than a series of roles, a virtually voiceless princess, a daughter, wife, mother, and at last queen.

From Los Angeles Times