not necessarily

phrase

: possibly but not certainly

—used to say that something is not definitely true

Seats in the front row are not necessarily the best.

"We're going to lose this game." "Not necessarily."

Examples of not necessarily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

McVay’s luster is not necessarily about his playbook, but his brilliance in implementing it. — Zach Berman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Parks spending The museum project is not necessarily competing dollar-for-dollar with every city needs. — Veronica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

If someone doesn’t like a favorite song of hers, that’s not necessarily going to stop her from putting it on the album. — Katie Heaney, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

The passages written by robo_ken are not necessarily the most obvious ones. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for not necessarily

• extraordinarily
• hereditarily
• pecuniarily
• preliminarily
• unnecessarily
• airily
• caroli
• merrily
• verily
• warily
• wearily
• arbitrarily