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Necessarily


NECESSARILY, adverb

1. By necessity; in such a manner that it cannot be otherwise. Truth is necessarily opposite to falsehood. A square is necessarily different from a circle.

2. Indispensably. Most men are necessarily occupied in procuring their subsistence.

3. By unavoidable consequence. Certain inferences necessarily result from particular premises.