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

• 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

To quit or not to quit… Of the six JOLTS statistics, the other one of particular relevance now is the voluntary quits rate, which tracks the number of people who quit voluntarily without necessarily a new job to go to. —Eli Amdur, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025

Just because data is used does not mean that reliable, responsible insight is necessarily being delivered. —Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025

The zombie necessarily incorporated more CG elements in the early episodes, notes visual effects supervisor Tim Turnbull. —Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025

That value is ironically and necessarily bound up with independence from government control, even as its realization depends on receiving enormous sums of government money. —Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025

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