necessarily

Questions about necessarily

What does necessarily mean?

necessarily means "in an essential manner". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in necessarily?

necessarily has 5 syllables: nec-es-sar-i-ly. The stress falls on "sar". In IPA it is /ˌnɛsəˈsɛɹəli/.

What is another word for necessarily?

Close synonyms include needfully, inevitably, of necessity, needs. 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.

What is the opposite of necessarily?

The recorded antonyms are unnecessarily.

Is necessarily a common word?

necessarily is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with necessarily?

1 word rhymes with necessarily. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.