necessarily
pronunciation
How to pronounce necessarily in British English:
UK [ˌnesəˈserəli]
How to pronounce necessarily in American English:
US [ˌnesəˈserəli]
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- Adverb:
- in an essential manner
- in such a manner as could not be otherwise
- as a highly likely consequence
Word Origin
- necessarily (adv.)
- mid-15c., "inevitably, unavoidably," from necessary (adj.) + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. Those people aren 't necessarily wrong .
- 2. Does more economic diversity necessarily mean lower admissions standards ?
- 3. Efforts to divine the actual results of these interventions are necessarily messy .
- 4. Such uncertainties necessarily exist and are unquantifiable .
- 5. Knowledge is incomplete , and natural systems are not necessarily stable .