English Dictionary

forcible

形容詞

廃用 稀用

Done by force, forced. / (rare or obsolete) Having (physical) force, forceful. / Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective. / Able to be forced.

日本語の意味

強制的な、無理やりの / （稀または廃語）物理的な力を有する、力強い / 効果が強い、説得力がある / 強制可能な

The company faced criticism after a report revealed the forcible eviction of residents near the development site.

その企業は開発予定地付近の住民が強制的に立ち退かされたことが報告書で明らかになり、批判に直面した。

意味（1）

Done by force, forced.

I fled; but he pursued (though more, it seems, / Inflamed with lust than rage), and, swifter far, / Me overtook, his mother, all dismayed, / And, in embraces forcible and foul / Engendering with me, of that rape begot / These yelling monsters, that with ceaseless cry / Surround me, as thou saw'st

意味（2）

(rare or obsolete) Having (physical) force, forceful.

[…] he drew her to him, laid a forcible detaining arm about her waist, and misapprehended her frantic revolt for an exhibition of maidenly reluctance.

意味（3）

Having a powerful effect; forceful, telling, strong, convincing, effective.

But that which hath been once most sufficient, may wax otherwise by alteration of time and place; that punishment which hath been sometimes forcible to bridle sin, may grow afterwards too weak and feebled.

意味（4）

Able to be forced.

[…] it seems that an entry is not forcible by the bare drawing up a latch, or pulling back the bolt of a door, there being no appearance therein of its being done by strong hand, or multitude of people; […]

more forcible （ comparative ）

most forcible （ superlative ）