necessarily

adverb

nec·es·sar·i·ly | \ ˌne-sə-ˈser-ə-lē

Definition of necessarily

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

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Synonyms & Antonyms for necessarily

Synonyms

Antonyms

unnecessarily

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 Capouch anticipated achieving the mark in one of those two games, but not necessarily the first one. — Michael Osipoff, chicagotribune.com, 11 Jan. 2022 Temperatures are constantly fluctuating, and climbers can’t necessarily use the same holds as the people before them. — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Jan. 2022 But the missing births were not necessarily directly related to personal hardship; for some, the general state of affairs was worrying enough, Levine said. — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2022 High school rules state that the game ends at the buzzer, not necessarily if the clock reads zero. — Lori Riley, courant.com, 10 Jan. 2022 Not necessarily playing at a high level, just to get out there. — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2022 Still, Kansas City cannot necessarily afford to coast in this game. — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2022 Any discussion of long-term benefits from omicron necessarily views the situation at the 30,000-foot level, because the country and much of the world is in the middle of a health crisis. — Joel Achenbach And Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Jan. 2022 Starting quarterbacks aren’t even necessarily disgruntled. — Chris Hays, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Jan. 2022

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