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
Harry ShawExamples 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
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Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Playing With Fire Not everyone necessarily heralds the search for extraterrestrial life.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
However, this doesn't mean that Gubler is necessarily returning to 'Criminal Minds' full-time.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
But even as the company strove to emphasize stable pricing, executives hinted that not all prices would necessarily stay the same, noted David Silverman, a retail analyst at Fitch Ratings.
—Grady McGregor, New York Times, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for necessarily
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“Necessarily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessarily. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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