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Webster 1913 Edition
Necessarily
Nec′es-sa-ri-ly
,adv.
In a necessary manner; by necessity; unavoidably; indispensably.
Webster 1828 Edition
Necessarily
NECESSARILY
, adv.1.
By necessity; in such a manner that it cannot be otherwise. Truth is necessarily opposite to falsehood. A square is necessarily different from a circle.2.
Indispensably. Most men are necessarily occupied in procuring their subsistence.3.
By unavoidable consequence. Certain inferences necessarily result from particular premises.Definition 2024
necessarily
necessarily
English
Adverb
necessarily (comparative more necessarily, superlative most necessarily)
- Inevitably; of necessity.
- 2013 September 7, “The multiplexed metropolis”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:
- But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.
- It is not necessarily true that children get their morals from their parents.
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Translations
of necessity
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