forcibly Copy link Outline I. By main force1. per vim, vi2. viŏlenterII. Of speaking, arguing, with conclusiveness and effect1. grăvĭter (weightily and with dignity)2. nervōsē (with vigour and energy) • forcibly: I. By main force: 1. per vim, vi: because they had attempted f. to make their way through the province, quod iter per provinciam per vim tentassent, Caes. B. G. 1, 14: Cic.: to hold f., secretly, unwarrantably (legal terms), vi, clam, precario, possidere, Cic. Caec. 32, 92: v. force. 2. viŏlenter: v. violently. II. Of speaking, arguing, with conclusiveness and effect: 1. grăvĭter (weightily and with dignity): to speak most f., gravissime dicere, Cic.: v. impressively. 2. nervōsē (with vigour and energy): to speak f., n. dicere, Cic. Or. 36, 127: comp. Cic. Off. 3, 29, 106.