obligatorily
English
editEtymology
editFrom obligatory + -ly.
Adverb
editobligatorily (comparative more obligatorily, superlative most obligatorily)
- In an obligatory manner.
- 2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 56:
- In essence, we evolved defenses that rendered us nearly invincible and allowed us to become obligatorily social.