Definitions

necessarily

[nes-uh-sair-uh-lee, -ser-] / ˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈsɛr- /

ADVERB

inevitably, certainly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

automatically naturally no doubt undoubtedly unquestionably

WEAK

accordingly as a matter of course axiomatically beyond one's control by definition by its own nature cardinally come what may compulsorily consequently exigently from within fundamentally incontrovertibly indubitably ineluctably inescapably inexorably irresistibly of course of necessity perforce positively pressingly significantly unpreventably vitally willy-nilly without fail

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully questionably

WEAK

unnecessarily

Example Sentences

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Getting rid of the IEEPA-based tariffs may translate into easing consumer prices over time, but that isn’t necessarily where the real economic value is going to come from, Smetters says.

From Barron's

And keep in mind that an asset going up in value after you sell it doesn’t necessarily mean it was a bad decision to sell at the time.

From MarketWatch

"There is no real teaching of the history of Africa in the school curriculum, we don't necessarily have particularly extensive archives."

From Barron's

This “”will inevitably reactivate the trauma of some victims…some of whom are not necessarily known to us,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

But possessing lion parts is not necessarily a crime in Zimbabwe.

From BBC

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