- used to say that something cannot be avoided
- The number of places available is necessarily limited.
- Servants necessarily had close contact with their employers.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNecessarily is used with these adjectives:- brief
- incomplete
- limited
- …
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See necessarily in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee necessarily in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishnot necessarily
- used to say that something is possibly true but not definitely or always true
- Biggest doesn't necessarily mean best.
- It isn't necessarily true that sugar is bad for you.
- The more expensive articles are not necessarily better.
- ‘We're going to lose.’ ‘Not necessarily.’
- The views in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the college.
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