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What is the difference between necessary and necessarily ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between necessary and necessarily ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Necessary is more used to define something as being absolutely needed.
"The meeting was necessary." Or
"I found living a healthy life was necessary to living a long one."
Necessarily is more used to oppose something.
"John said the sky is blue."
"That's not necessarily true, it can be pink and orange during sunsets." Or "Not necessarily, it can be pink and orange during sunsets."
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"Necessary" is most frequently used as an adjective, that is, it describes or modifies a noun.
She had the necessary qualifications to apply for the job.
"Necessarily" is an adverb; it describes or modifies a verb. (Verbs almost always end in -ly.)
I understand you and your spouse don't necessarily agree with each other on the terms of the contract.
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necessary means something is needed. ex pencils are necessary for writing. necessarily means its inevitable (it will happen). sometimes people say not necessarily if another person says something is needed but it really isn't. ex a plush is necessary to write. (another person says) not necessarily.
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