Definitions for necessarily

necessarily nec·es·sar·i·ly

Spelling: [nes-uh-sair-uh-lee, -ser-]
IPA: /ˌnɛs əˈsɛər ə li, -ˈsɛr-/

Necessarily is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1067 anagrams from letters in necessarily (aceeilnrssy).

Definitions for necessarily

adverb

  1. by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement:
  2. as a necessary, logical, or inevitable result:

Origin of necessarily

late Middle English word dating back to 1400-50; See origin at necessary, -ly

Examples for necessarily

I had to take care of him, and the work on the grocery-house was necessarily stopped.

America, Stephens writes, is not necessarily in “decline” but rather “retreat.”

To “link up the beachheads and peg out claims well inland” was necessarily the first aim of Overlord.

Detention facilities would not necessarily have to keep up with U.S. prison standards.

We have no longer States that are necessarily only planting States.

It's not necessarily a deal-breaker, but it is kind of a top priority.

Marriage might be the absorbing duty of some women, but was it necessarily hers?

"We knew the chances and we knew that the statistics and luck were not necessarily in our favor," she said.

It is not necessarily his own religious belief that he will select.

It dawned on me, too, that God need not necessarily be to me what He is to others, nor to others what He is to me.

Word Value for necessarily
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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