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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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Apr. 2025
Read Next National Are trade deficits necessarily unfair?
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
This necessarily trial-and-error process could lead to incredible suffering for both elephant mothers and mammoth calves along the way.
—Nitin Sekar, ArsTechnica, 5 Apr. 2025
And a number of those lawmakers are wary that slashing trillions of dollars in spending would necessarily gut federal programs that benefit their constituents, including Medicaid, which is likely facing sharp cuts under the House budget plan.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 4 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2025.
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