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necessarily

adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɛs.ə.sə.ɹɪ.li/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɛs.ə.sɛɹ.li/
  • General-American: /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌnes.əˈseɹ.ə.li/
  • Australian: /ˌnes.əˈseɹ.li/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N EH2 S AH0 S EH1 R AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Inevitably; of necessity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It is not necessarily true that children get their morals from their parents.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: needs

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in such a manner as could not be otherwise

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it is necessarily so
  • we must needs by objective

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: inevitably, of necessity, needs

Antonyms: none provided

3

adverb

Meaning 3

in an essential manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • such expenses are necessarily incurred

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: needfully

Antonyms: unnecessarily

4

adverb

Meaning 4

as a highly likely consequence

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English necessary Middle English -ly English -ly English necessarily From necessary + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَتْماً (ḥatman) — of necessity
  • Armenian: անհրաժեշտաբար (anhražeštabar) — of necessity
  • Bulgarian: непременно (nepremenno) — of necessity
  • Bulgarian: по необходимост (po neobhodimost) — of necessity
  • Catalan: necessàriament — of necessity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 必然地 (bìrán de) — of necessity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 必定地 (bìdìng de) — of necessity
  • Dutch: nodig — of necessity
  • Dutch: noodzakelijk — of necessity
  • Dutch: noodzakelijkerwijs — of necessity
  • Esperanto: nepre — of necessity
  • Estonian: paratamatult — of necessity
  • Finnish: välttämättä — of necessity
  • Finnish: välttis — of necessity
  • French: absolument — of necessity
  • French: nécessairement — of necessity
  • Galician: necesariamente — of necessity
  • Georgian: აუცილებლად (aucileblad) — of necessity
  • German: notwendigerweise — of necessity
  • German: nötig — of necessity
  • German: unbedingt — of necessity
  • German: zwangsläufig — of necessity
  • Greek: αναγκαστικά (anagkastiká) — of necessity
  • Haitian Creole: nesesèman — of necessity
  • Hebrew: בהכרח (b'hekhréakh) — of necessity
  • Hindi: अवश्य (avaśya) — of necessity
  • Hindi: अनिवार्यतः (anivāryataḥ) — of necessity
  • Hindi: ज़रूरत से (zarūrat se) — of necessity
  • Hindi: लाज़िमी तौर पर (lāzimī taur par) — of necessity
  • Hindi: ज़रूर (zarūr) — of necessity
  • Hindi: ज़रूर से (zarūr se) — of necessity
  • Hungarian: szükségszerűen — of necessity
  • Indonesian: seharusnya — of necessity
  • Indonesian: semestinya — of necessity
  • Irish: is gá go... — of necessity
  • Italian: necessariamente — of necessity
  • Italian: a tutti i costi — of necessity
  • Italian: di riffa o di raffa — of necessity
  • Italian: volente o nolente — of necessity
  • Italian: per forza — of necessity
  • Norman: nécessaithement — of necessity
  • Norwegian: nødvendigvis — of necessity
  • Persian: لزوماً (lozuman) — of necessity
  • Polish: koniecznie — of necessity
  • Portuguese: necessariamente — of necessity
  • Russian: обяза́тельно (objazátelʹno) — of necessity
  • Serbo-Croatian: obavezno — of necessity
  • Serbo-Croatian: obvezno — of necessity
  • Sicilian: pi forza — of necessity
  • Sicilian: pi pattu — of necessity
  • Slovak: nevyhnutne — of necessity
  • Slovak: nutne — of necessity
  • Lower Sorbian: na kuždy pad — of necessity
  • Lower Sorbian: na kuždy part — of necessity
  • Spanish: necesariamente — of necessity
  • Telugu: అవశ్యముగా (avaśyamugā) — of necessity
  • Thai: ต้อง (dtɔ̂ng) — of necessity
  • Ukrainian: обов'язко́во (obovʺjazkóvo) — of necessity
  • Ukrainian: неодмі́нно (neodmínno) — of necessity
  • Welsh: o reidrwydd — of necessity
  • Welsh: o raid — of necessity
  • Welsh: o angenrheidrwydd — of necessity
  • Yiddish: דווקא (dafke) — of necessity
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