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perforce adverb [ pəˈfɔːs ]

• used to express necessity or inevitability.
• "amateurs, perforce, have to settle for less expensive solutions"
Similar: necessarily, of necessity, inevitably, unavoidably, by force of circumstances, needs must, nolens volens, like it or not,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French par force ‘by force’.

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