necessarily

Adverb

• in an essential manner
  • "such expenses are necessarily incurred"
• in such a manner as could not be otherwise
  • "it is necessarily so"
• as a highly likely consequence
  • "we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe"

Adv

• Inevitably; of necessity.

Examples

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

Synonyms

inevitably, needfully, needs, of necessity

Antonyms

unnecessarily

Related Words

necessary, not necessarily, unnecessarily