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

And fans necessarily get the optimum view of a soccer game. —Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025

But Tennessee Williams didn’t say anything about remembrance of things past necessarily rendering people into cardboard and circumstance into stereotype. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025

Like the blind father, the country is desperately trying to overcome its past and disadvantages, in pursuit of a more beautiful future — but that pursuit almost necessarily entails a brittle form of pride, which leads to various injustices along the way. —Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

That said, any comparison to previous seasons is now necessarily of the apples-to-Apple Jacks® variety, as Nielsen’s new Big Data + Panel currency has changed the methodology in which the ratings service counts the house. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 8 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