a. and adv. Obs. [f. FORCE sb.1 + -LY1 and 2.]
A. adj. Of strong build, vigorous. B. adv. By or with force or power, vigorously, violently.
a. 1488. Henryson, Poems (1865), 169. The foullis fair sa forcelie thay fle.
1508. Dunbar, Tua Mariit Wemen, 428.
| Full oft I blenk by my buke, and blynis of devotioun, | |
| To se quhat berne is best brand or bredest in schulderis, | |
| Or forgeit is maist forcely to furnyse a bancat | |
| In Venus chalmer, valyeandly, withoutin vane ruse. |
1535. Stewart, Cron. Scot., III. 150.
| In thair defence thair war tha slane ilk man, | |
| Syne forcelie on thame the toun tha wan. |
