Meaning & use
Perforce
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Used to indicate that something happens by necessity or as an unavoidable result of circumstances.
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With the bridge washed out, the travelers perforce took the longer mountain road.
The negotiations, perforce, dragged on far longer than anyone had planned.
A note on using this word
A somewhat formal or literary word, combining 'per' (by) and 'force,' literally meaning 'by force of circumstance.'
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