mandatorily

1. 1.

   in a manner that cannot be evaded

   “the ministry considers that contributions to such a fund should be met from voluntary donations rather than from rates compulsorily levied.”

   Synonymscompulsorilyobligatorily

Questions about mandatorily

What does mandatorily mean?

mandatorily means "in a manner that cannot be evaded".

How many syllables are in mandatorily?

mandatorily has 5 syllables: man-da-to-ri-ly. The stress falls on "to".

What is another word for mandatorily?

Close synonyms include compulsorily, obligatorily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mandatorily a common word?

mandatorily is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.