necessarily

adverb

nec·​es·​sar·​i·​ly ˌne-sə-ˈser-ə-lē How to pronounce necessarily (audio)
1
: of necessity : unavoidably
The audience was necessarily small.
This endeavor necessarily involves some risk.
2
: as a logical result or consequence
… a holocaust is a disaster, but a disaster is not necessarily a holocaust.Harry Shaw

Examples of necessarily in a Sentence

the argument that the existence of the universe necessarily implies the existence of an all-powerful being responsible for creating it
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Liam was so loved by so many people, there will obviously be enormous demand and so the service will necessarily be a huge affair. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2024 Not that the financial loss necessarily matters to Gere and Silva, 41, who sold their home not to flip it — but to move to Spain to be closer to Silva's family. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024 Such generalizations, of course, are necessarily built on a small sample size. Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 Not all the flashy stuff necessarily, but kind of the inner him that we were all so touched by. Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for necessarily 

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of necessarily was in the 14th century

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“Necessarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessarily. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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