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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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 4 May 2025
But that doesn’t mean the public is necessarily less anti-immigrant.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 2 May 2025
This is not to say that past presidents were necessarily more idealistic at their core (though Jimmy Carter probably was).
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 1 May 2025
Not everyone will necessarily use all of these venues.
—Adam Witty, Forbes.com, 30 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 18 May. 2025.
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