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1. (adv.) necessarily
by or of necessity:
You don't necessarily have to attend.
2. necessarily
as a necessary, logical, or inevitable result:
That conclusion doesn't necessarily follow.
Etymology: (1400–50)
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1. (adverb) necessarily, needfully
in an essential manner
"such expenses are necessarily incurred"
2. (adverb) inevitably, necessarily, of necessity, needs
in such a manner as could not be otherwise
"it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective"
3. (adverb) necessarily
as a highly likely consequence
"we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe"
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1. (adverb) necessarily
indicates there is no other possibility
We must necessarily start again from the beginning.
2. necessarily
not necessarily
not always or not definitely
Losing is not necessarily a bad thing.; Being a woman doesn't necessarily mean I always vote for women.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adverb) necessarily
in a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably
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