necessarily

From necessary +‎ -ly.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛs.ə.sə.ɹɪ.li/, /ˈnɛs.ə.sɛɹ.li/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌnes.əˈseɹ.ə.li/, /ˌnes.əˈseɹ.li/

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necessarily (comparative more necessarily, superlative most necessarily)

1. Inevitably; of necessity.

   Synonym: needs

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

   • 2013 September 7, “The multiplexed metropolis”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:

     But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.

   • 2020 January 20, Harmeet Kaur, “Marijuana sales on the Oregon-Idaho border are 420% higher than average, an analysis finds. Yes, you read that right”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Oregon’s uptick in marijuana sales along the Idaho border doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s all Idahoans who are lighting up, Lehner said.

• necessary
• unnecessarily