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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli/ US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli, -ˈsɛr-/ US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(nes′ə sâr′ə lē, -ser′-)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026nec•es•sar•i•ly /ˌnɛsəˈsɛrəli, -ˈsɛr-/USA pronunciation
adv.
- by or of necessity:You don't necessarily have to attend.
- as a necessary or logical result;
unavoidably;
inevitably:That conclusion doesn't necessarily follow.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026nec•es•sar•i•ly
(nes′ə sâr′ə lē, -ser′-),USA pronunciation adv.
- 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.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; see necessary, -ly
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
necessarily /ˈnɛsɪsərɪlɪ; ˌnɛsɪˈsɛrɪlɪ/ adv - as an inevitable or natural consequence
- as a certainty: he won't necessarily come
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