necessarily adv

1 in an essential manner; "such expenses are necessarily incurred" [syn: needfully] [ant: unnecessarily]

2 in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective" [syn: inevitably, of necessity, needs]

3 as a highly likely consequence; "we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe"

English

Pronunciation

Adverb

1. inevitably; of necessity

Related terms

• necessary
• unnecessarily

Translations

• Dutch: nodig, noodzakelijk
• Finnish: välttämättä
• French: absolument
• German: notwendigerweise, very rare: nötig
• Norwegian: nødvendigvis
• Polish: koniecznie
• Portuguese: necessariamente
• Arabic: ضرورى

Necessary may refer to:

• Something that is a required condition for something else to be the case, see necessary and sufficient conditions.
• A necessary truth, something that cannot fail to be true, see logical possibility.
• An important task or essential thing to do at a particular time or by a particular moment.

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