not necessarily

idiom

: possibly but not certainly

—used to say that something is not definitely true

Seats in the front row are not necessarily the best.

"We're going to lose this game." "Not necessarily."

Examples of not necessarily in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whereas, for example, if AI is part of a feature set, one component faulting does not necessarily cause the user to feel their tasks have been impeded. —Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025

Collins does not necessarily believe that will happen. —Natasha Chen, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025

This is an opinion and analysis article, and the views expressed by the author or authors are not necessarily those of Scientific American. —Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 21 Mar. 2025

But the joy of owning an XK120 is not necessarily about chasing points on the show field, rather, about chasing roads behind the wheel of a car that rewards its enthusiast owner with an unbridled driving adventure in the spirit of a bygone age. —Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for not necessarily

• extraordinarily
• hereditarily
• pecuniarily
• preliminarily
• unnecessarily
• airily
• caroli
• merrily
• verily
• warily
• wearily
• arbitrarily