Definition of "perforce" [per•force]

• By necessity; by force of circumstance. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Hence, the mere presence of Nato troops – extending the writ of the central government - perforce, is an achievement in itself."
• "In the days when you had to stoke the coal stove and scrub the washing, class differences were perforce more pronounced."
• "For food I gathered a few vegetables from farms on the fringe of the forest, which, perforce, I had to eat raw and after ten days on this diet found that I was able to eat only enough to keep me going."