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As an adverb, necessarily means inevitably.

Meanings of necessarily

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adverb

Inevitably; of necessity.
“It is not necessarily true that children get their morals from their parents.”
In an essential manner
“such expenses are necessarily incurred”
Similar: needfully
In such a manner as could not be otherwise
“it is necessarily so”
“we must needs be objective”
Similar: inevitably, of necessity, needs
As a highly likely consequence
“we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe”

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adverb: in an essential manner

needfully

adverb: in such a manner as could not be otherwise

inevitablyof necessityneeds

Oppositesunnecessarily

Words that rhyme with necessarily

temporarily voluntarily primarily extraordinarily merrily ordinarily momentarily militarily customarily secondarily warily wearily

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nebula nebular nebulizer nebulose nebulous nebulously necessary necessitate necessitous necessity neck neck and neck