compulsativeadj.
/kəmˈpʌlsətɪv/ rare.
Of the nature of compulsion, compulsory.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adjective]
strainable1483
compellatory?a1562
coactive1593
inforcive1596
enforcive1598
coercivea1600
constraining1602
constraintive1602
pulsive1602
compulsive1604
compulsatory1610
compellinga1616
compulsativea1616
compulsory1631
coercitive1632
coactinga1641
enforcinga1657
coercent1660
imposing1665
cogent1672
compellent1847
high-pressured1868
coercionary1884
steamroller1896
a1616 W. Shakespeare Hamlet (1623) i. i. 102 To recouer of vs by strong hand And termes Compulsatiue [1604 compulsatory], those foresaid Lands.
Derivatives
comˈpulsatively adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adverb]
constrainingly1382
compulsively1605
compulsorily1633
coactivelya1641
compellingly1654
necessitatingly1654
coercively1661
compulsatorily1748
compellably1818
compulsatively1844
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [adverb] > under compulsion
forcedly1548
constrainedly1549
enforcedly1579
coactly1581
compelledly1590
inforcively1604
compulsively1628
extortedly1640
compulsatively1844
1844 A. R. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury II. ix. 117 Deeming it compulsatively incumbent upon every one who, [etc.].
1879 Halliwell Hamlet Memoranda 70 To revive a repulsive action compulsatively adopted by the old players.
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