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Princeton's WordNet

  1. inevitably, necessarily, of necessity, needsadverb

    in such a manner as could not be otherwise

    "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective"

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  1. of necessity

    "Of necessity" is a phrase typically used to mean something that is absolutely necessary or required, typically in a specific situation or for a certain outcome to occur. It signifies that a particular action, circumstance, or condition is unavoidable or mandatory. It may also imply that the situation is compelled by the nature of things, or by rules, laws, or circumstances.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of of necessity in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of of necessity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of of necessity in a Sentence

  1. Walter Lippman:

    A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society.

  2. Pablo Picasso:

    Work is a necessity for man. Man invented the alarm clock.

  3. Derek Gatherer:

    Unlike with bird flu and foot-and-mouth, there is unlikely to be any necessity for a cull given the absence of direct transmission from cow to cow or cow to human.

  4. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe:

    We cannot avoid the necessity of moving Futenma, said to be the most dangerous base in the world, we can't put this off any longer.

  5. Marcus Tullus Cicero:

    Wisemen are instructed by reason; men of less understanding, by experience; the most ignorant, by necessity; the beasts, by nature.

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