Necessarily: meaning, definitions and examples

When something is required or can't be avoided. Often used in situations emphasizing that an action or condition is unavoidable or must happen.

• The argument does not necessarily mean they are breaking up.
• The medicine must necessarily be taken on an empty stomach.

When something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided. It often carries a sense of determinism or fatalism.

• With the increasing temperatures, a rise in sea levels is inevitably going to happen.
• Inevitably, the decision caused some controversy among the staff.

To express strong affirmation or agreement. It is used when the speaker is completely sure about something.

• She will certainly attend the conference tomorrow.
• The new policy will certainly improve our workflow.

An emphatic way to express that something is beyond doubt. It’s a more formal or sophisticated word used to stress undeniable truth.

• The author’s influence on modern literature is indubitably significant.
• She is indubitably the best candidate for the role.

Used when something is required or essential, but not always mandatory by rule or law.

• You don't necessarily need to attend the meeting if it's not about your project.
• This rule doesn't necessarily apply to all situations.

Used when something is required by law or rule, implying that there is no choice involved.

• Students are compulsorily required to wear uniforms.
• Participation in the survey was done compulsorily.

Used when something must be done due to rule or position of authority, similar to compulsorily.

• Members are obligatorily required to attend at least two meetings a month.
• The test results were obligatorily reviewed by the committee.

Used when something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided, often referring to natural outcomes.

• Inevitably, the ice melted in the sun.
• A delay in the traffic was inevitably caused by the heavy snow.