perforce

American  

[per-fawrs, -fohrs] / pərˈfɔrs, -ˈfoʊrs /

adverb

1. of necessity; necessarily; by force of circumstance.

   The story must perforce be true.

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perforce British  

/ pəˈfɔːs /

adverb

1. by necessity; unavoidably

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Etymology

Origin of perforce

1300–50; per + force; replacing Middle English par force < Middle French

Example Sentences

But such moments aren’t perforce life-altering, and the partners and faculty members weren’t actually wielding the authority of a deity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Methane is a carbon-based molecule, so many of the ingredients for life are perforce there.

From Scientific American • Jul. 6, 2023

Elizabeth II was perforce a kind of cipher, less a personality than a series of roles, a virtually voiceless princess, a daughter, wife, mother, and at last queen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2023

Any excerpt, though, will perforce be more satisfying than the sum of this musical’s busy parts.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2022

Kit would not have risen from her place at all, but Rachel, with a meaningful nudge, handed her a candle, and she had perforce to see her suitor to the door.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare