necessarily

adverb

nec·​es·​sar·​i·​ly ˌne-sə-ˈser-ə-lē 

1

: of necessity : unavoidably

The audience was necessarily small.

This endeavor necessarily involves some risk.

2

: as a logical result or consequence

… a holocaust is a disaster, but a disaster is not necessarily a holocaust.

—Harry Shaw

Synonyms of necessarily

• inevitably

Examples of necessarily in a Sentence

the argument that the existence of the universe necessarily implies the existence of an all-powerful being responsible for creating it

Recent Examples on the Web

Being ignorant but rational, the proto-citizens will necessarily settle on what Rawls called the Two Principles of Justice. —George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026

Not everybody representing the red, white and blue sounded necessarily ecstatic about doing so in the Olympics. —Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026

But the atomic collective is the living present, not ancient history – and a future that any new testing will necessarily produce. —Magdalena Stawkowski, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026

But the question, as the Heat head into the play-in round for a fourth consecutive season is whether the move away from pick-and-roll offense has necessarily maximized the roster, even with such dizzying numbers. —Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing necessarily

• not necessarily

Rhymes for necessarily

• arbitrarily
• customarily
• militarily
• momentarily
• ordinarily
• secondarily
• temporarily
• voluntarily
• airily
• caroli
• merrily
• verily