Definition of Necessarily

1. Adverb. In an essential manner. "Such expenses are necessarily incurred"

Exact synonyms: Needfully
Partainyms: Necessary, Needful
Antonyms: Unnecessarily

2. Adverb. In such a manner as could not be otherwise. "We must needs by objective"
Exact synonyms: Inevitably, Needs, Of Necessity
Partainyms: Inevitable, Necessary

3. Adverb. As a highly likely consequence. "We are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe"

Definition of Necessarily

1. adv. In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.

Definition of Necessarily

1. Adverb. inevitably; of necessity ¹

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Definition of Necessarily

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Necessarily

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nebulous urine
nebulously
nebulousness
nebulousnesses
nebuly
nebulæ
necator
necator americanus
necatoriasis
necessaire
necessarian
necessarianism
necessaries
necessariest
necessarily
necessariness
necessary
necessary cause
necessary condition
necessary evil
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necessitarian
necessitarianism
necessitarians
necessitate
necessitated
necessitates
necessitating
necessitation

Literary usage of Necessarily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"Longevity—Modifications not necessarily simultaneous—Modifications apparently of no direct service—Progressive development —Characters of small functional ..."

2. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"That necessarily follows, he said, in my judgment. Then, I said, my dear friend, let none of the poets tell us, that ' The gods, taking the disguise of ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads by Horace Gay Wood (1885)
"That rule is applicable only to persons travelling in wagons or other vehicles which make a noise that would necessarily interfere with their hearing. ..."

4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"One point made by Park is that we need not necessarily expect rapid progress in the course of pathological process, due to an infecting organism, ..."

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