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    necessarily
    ne‧ces‧sar‧i‧ly S2 W2 /ˈnesəsərəli, ˈnesɪsərəli, ˌnesəˈserəli $ ˌnesəˈserəli/ adverb
     Word Family: noun: necessity, the necessaries, the necessary; verb: necessitate; adverb: necessarily ≠ unnecessarily; adjective: necessary ≠ unnecessary
    1. not necessarily possibly, but not certainly:
        That is not necessarily true.
        Expensive restaurants aren’t necessarily the best.
        Having this disease does not necessarily mean that you will die young.
        ‘So the school will have to close down, then?’ ‘Not necessarily.’
    2. formal in a way that cannot be different or be avoided
       SYN  inevitably:
        The care of old people necessarily involves quite a lot of heavy lifting.