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 His hair was not quite bedhead messy, but not necessarily camera-ready smooth either. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 Also, the fact that prescriptions were ordered does not necessarily mean that they were filled or used. —

Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026 Little League baseball wasn’t necessarily top of mind for Altadena after the Eaton fire destroyed their town. —

Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 However, this may not necessarily mean a rise in capex as some of the compute power could be rented as part of Alibaba’s operating costs. —

Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 13 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for necessarily

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inevitably

Adverb

Weakened by a brief-but-corrosive bath of sulfuric acid droplets during its plunge, the probe would’ve inevitably deformed and ruptured upon reaching the ground.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 10 May 2026
And there will inevitably be some conflict, and some disappointment, among your supporters.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 May 2026