compulsorily

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəmˈpʌlsərəli/ UK /kəmˈpʌlsərɪli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a way that is required by law or rule; obligatorily

All employees were compulsorily enrolled in the pension scheme.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in a way that is required... obligatorilymandatorilynecessarily forcibly

Opposites

voluntarilyoptionally

Word family

Related forms compulsory compulsion compel

Etymology

From compulsory + -ly. Compulsory derives from Medieval Latin compulsorius, from compulsus, past participle of compellere ('to force'), from com- ('together') + pellere ('to drive').

compulsorius Latin pellere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# compulsorily

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpʌlsərəli/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpʌlsərɪli/

## Meanings
1. in a way that is required by law or rule; obligatorily

## Examples
- All employees were compulsorily enrolled in the pension scheme.

## Synonyms
- obligatorily
- mandatorily
- necessarily
- forcibly

## Antonyms
- voluntarily
- optionally

## Related Forms
- compulsory
- compulsion
- compel

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: compulsorius
- Root: pellere

## Etymology
From compulsory + -ly. Compulsory derives from Medieval Latin compulsorius, from compulsus, past participle of compellere ('to force'), from com- ('together') + pellere ('to drive').

## AI Etymology
Compulsorily comes from compulsory + -ly. Compulsory derives from Medieval Latin compulsorius, from compulsus, past participle of compellere ('to force'), from com- ('together') + pellere ('to drive'). The historical trail runs through compulsorius in Latin and pellere in Latin. Morphologically, compulsorily is transparent: it draws on compulsory + -ly. Used as an adverb, compulsorily now means "in a way that is required by law or rule; obligatorily", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as compulsory, compulsion, and compel. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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