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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It isn’t necessarily all connected, but it doesn’t matter.

From Los Angeles Times

"The Duffer Brothers did a good job of giving the audience what we needed, maybe not necessarily what we wanted."

From BBC

These stocks won’t necessarily rebound in the first few trading days of the year.

From MarketWatch

January is an optimistic time of year for investors, but not necessarily for corporate America.

From Barron's

What’s been good for Micron Technology and its fellow memory suppliers isn’t necessarily great for the rest of the technology world.

From MarketWatch

necessarily

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