Perforce
adverb
Something that is done unavoidably or because there is no other choice.
If the weather is bad, we will, perforce, have to change our plans.
Often appears as...
- drive perforce
- act perforce
Usage tips
Formal
adverb
Something that is done unavoidably or because there is no other choice.
If the weather is bad, we will, perforce, have to change our plans.
Often appears as...
- drive perforce
- act perforce
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Implied Necessity
Use 'perforce' to imply something must occur out of necessity, without any alternative options.
The bridge was out, and we had to take the longer route, perforce.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Tone
'Perforce' is considered formal and is more commonly found in written English than spoken language.
She perforce accepted the terms of the agreement, having no leverage to negotiate.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Flavor
Using 'perforce' can give your language an old-fashioned or historical feel, as it's not common in modern casual speech.
The knights, perforce, held the castle against all odds.
Pro Tip 1/3Implied Necessity
Use 'perforce' to imply something must occur out of necessity, without any alternative options.
The bridge was out, and we had to take the longer route, perforce.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Tone
'Perforce' is considered formal and is more commonly found in written English than spoken language.
She perforce accepted the terms of the agreement, having no leverage to negotiate.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Flavor
Using 'perforce' can give your language an old-fashioned or historical feel, as it's not common in modern casual speech.
The knights, perforce, held the castle against all odds.
Pro Tip 1/3Implied Necessity
Use 'perforce' to imply something must occur out of necessity, without any alternative options.
The bridge was out, and we had to take the longer route, perforce.
Pro Tip 2/3Formal Tone
'Perforce' is considered formal and is more commonly found in written English than spoken language.
She perforce accepted the terms of the agreement, having no leverage to negotiate.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Flavor
Using 'perforce' can give your language an old-fashioned or historical feel, as it's not common in modern casual speech.
The knights, perforce, held the castle against all odds.
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Ben Dunlap: The...
for people with a complex moral awareness, with a heritage of guilt and defeat matched by defiance and bravado. It's not a typical mindset for most Americans, but it is perforce typical of virtually all Hungarians. So, "Jó napot, pacák!"
Video examples
Ben Dunlap: The...
for people with a complex moral awareness, with a heritage of guilt and defeat matched by defiance and bravado. It's not a typical mindset for most Americans, but it is perforce typical of virtually all Hungarians. So, "Jó napot, pacák!"
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Quote examples
Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistani Politician
I have spent seven of the 12 years I have been married a victim of political persecution. I must be the first male spouse being held hostage by a regime. I accept this, as Pakistan has traditional elements who find it hard to reconcile with a man whose wife works and who other men salute perforce of her office.
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Douglas Adams
English Writer
I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas... cultures... and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word 'freedom' means than I see much evidence of in America.
Quote examples
Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistani Politician
I have spent seven of the 12 years I have been married a victim of political persecution. I must be the first male spouse being held hostage by a regime. I accept this, as Pakistan has traditional elements who find it hard to reconcile with a man whose wife works and who other men salute perforce of her office.
Quote examples
Douglas Adams
English Writer
I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas... cultures... and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word 'freedom' means than I see much evidence of in America.
Example 1 of 2
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