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nec•es•sar•i•ly



Pronunciation: (nes"u-sâr'u-lē, -ser'-), [key]
—adv.
1. by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement: You don't necessarily have to attend.
2. as a necessary, logical, or inevitable result: That conclusion doesn't necessarily follow.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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