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Adverb: necessarily  `nesi'serulee
  1. In such a manner as could not be otherwise
    "it is necessarily so"
    - inevitably, of necessity, needs
     
  2. In an essential manner
    "such expenses are necessarily incurred"
    - needfully
     
  3. As a highly likely consequence
    "we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe"

See also: necessary

Antonym: unnecessarily

Encyclopedia: Necessarily