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necessarily adv.
per se adv.

ADVERB

necessarily

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STRONGEST

automatically naturally no doubt undoubtedly unquestionably

WEAK

accordingly as a matter of course axiomatically beyond one's control 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

ADVERB

per se

Synonyms

WEAK

alone as such by and of itself by its very nature by itself fundamentally in essence in itself independently intrinsically of itself singularly solely virtually

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Young people who end up playing in the NFL are, by definition, by far the fittest and strongest in their schools and colleges.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Identity by definition is not momentary,” he noted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Open AI models are, by definition, harder to control, as users can alter their parameters -- potentially for malicious purposes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

The reality is by having a higher age rating than Spider-Man, it is by definition reducing the amount of people who can buy the game.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

All I knew was that Schindler may have been a Nazi, and therefore by definition dangerous, but he acted in a way that no other Nazi I knew did.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson

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