necessarily

adverb

nec·​es·​sar·​i·​ly ˌne-sə-ˈser-ə-lē 

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

Synonyms

• ineluctably
• inescapably
• inevitably
• ipso facto
• needs
• perforce
• unavoidably

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Climate resilience is necessarily regional—and so is Dashboard. —Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024

The requirements of global power projection necessarily spread U.S. defense expenditures far thinner. —Mitch McConnell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024

After years of struggling with a major label who just didn't know what to do with a beautiful, multitalented pop star in the making, Tinashe went independent, releasing a steady stream of albums and singles flaunting her critical, if not necessarily commercial, viability. —EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024

After Stalin’s death in 1953, expressing discomfort with one’s place in the Communist paradise was no longer necessarily fatal, and a new underclass of pariahs—many poets and scientists among them—became a subversive force. —Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing necessarily

• not necessarily