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necessarily

[nes-uh-sair-uh-lee, -ser-]

adverb

  1. by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement.

    You don't necessarily have to attend.

  2. as a necessary, logical, or inevitable result.

    That conclusion doesn't necessarily follow.



necessarily

/ ˌnɛsɪˈsɛrɪlɪ, ˈnɛsɪsərɪlɪ /

adverb

  1. as an inevitable or natural consequence

    girls do not necessarily like dolls

  2. as a certainty

    he won't necessarily come

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of necessarily1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; necessary, -ly
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"I can also see from a landlord's perspective they don't necessarily always have all of the levers in their hands to resolve the issue," he said.

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But participating doesn’t necessarily have to mean protesting, which may not feel appropriate for some, Aguirre said.

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They vote according to their considered judgments about what should be done, not necessarily just in terms of party loyalty.

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I’m not the first type of person you would think who would get an opportunity to write a guy like Oz, necessarily, and to write into this type of world.

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Iran could look at targets outside Israel, without necessarily hitting the U.S. directly – for example, by attacking maritime targets in the Persian Gulf and in effect closing the Strait of Hormuz.

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