necessarily

nec-es-sar-i-ly · adverb

imported

Definitions

adverb

  1. 1.

    As a necessary result; inevitably.

  2. 2.

    In a way that cannot be avoided; of necessity.

Related words

Antonyms: optionally, unnecessarily
See also: essential, inevitably, necessary
Synonyms: automatically, inevitably, unavoidably

Etymology

From necessary (from Latin necessarius, "unavoidable, indispensable") + -ly (adverbial suffix).