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| 1. | [ adverb ] in an essential manner | |
| Synonyms: | needfully | |
| Examples: | "such expenses are necessarily incurred" |
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| Related terms: | unnecessarily necessary needed needed | |
| 2. | [ adverb ] in such a manner as could not be otherwise | |
| Synonyms: | inevitably of_necessity needs | |
| Examples: | "it is necessarily so" "we must needs by objective" |
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| Related terms: | inevitable necessary inevitable necessary | |
| 3. | [ adverb ] as a highly likely consequence | |
| Examples: | "we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe" |
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| Similar spelling: |
necessary |
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