Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)By constraint of circumstances; of necessity; as a matter of course.

    во́лей-нево́лейvólej-nevólej

  2. (archaic, not comparable)By force.

    нево́лейnevólej

    by necessity; by force of circumstance

Examples

1 sentences
  1. This had been done without her advice being asked, and must perforce be disapproved.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
necessarily:
by force:

Origin

From Middle English par force, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French par force (“by force”).

From Middle English par force, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French par force (“by force”).

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