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necessarily

[ nes-uh-sair-uh-lee, -ser- ]

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adverb

by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement:
You don't necessarily have to attend.
as a necessary, logical, or inevitable result:
That conclusion doesn't necessarily follow.

necessarily

/ ˌnɛsɪˈsɛrɪlɪ; ˈnɛsɪsərɪlɪ /

adverb

as an inevitable or natural consequence
girls do not necessarily like dolls
as a certainty
he won't necessarily come

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Word History and Origins

Origin of necessarily¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; necessary, -ly

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However, Mr Drabkin told us this does not necessarily mean that nothing had been spent on the contract.

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"There is not necessarily grounds to fear that the viruses in the frozen environment are more pathogenic."

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If this happens, it would mark a new chapter in Ukraine-Africa relations, though not necessarily at the expense of Russia.

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Alex Chan, an attorney who serves as chair of the State Bar’s Committee of Bar Examiners, told The Times that only a small subset of questions used AI — and not necessarily to create the questions.

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"I want to do that while uplifting voices that are not necessarily given the space to do that."

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