Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for FOR-CI-BLY
FOR-CI-BLY, adv.
- By violence or force.
- Strongly; powerfully; with power or energy; impressively. The Gospel offers such considerations as are fit to work very forcibly on our hopes and fears. Tillotson.
- Impetuously; violently; with great strength; as, a stream rushing forcibly down a precipice.
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