Thesaurus results for NECESSARILY

necessarily

adverb

ˌne-sə-ˈser-ə-lē

as in inevitably

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

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Recent Examples of necessarily The Knicks don’t even necessarily need to finish with a better record than the Celtics to secure home-court advantage in a potential second-round matchup. —

Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 15 Mar. 2026 None of the above necessarily triggers a global recession or a devastating financial crisis. —

Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 11 Mar. 2026 Because those standards focus on reasonableness under the circumstances, an officer can violate departmental policy without necessarily violating the law. —

Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 5 Mar. 2026 Superstars don’t stay relevant by doing what people expect, or even what their fans necessarily want. —

Jem Aswad, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for necessarily

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inevitably

Adverb

Even if one accepts that perfectly reasonable people are happy to live in a bubble with strangers for months in hopes of achieving love, fame or a cash prize, someone inevitably is cast to bring the crazy, er, conversation-sparking personality.

— Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2026
Originally opened in 1931 as Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric ward, the 30th Street Men’s Shelter—inevitably still referred to as Bellevue—became an anchor of New York’s shelter system.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026