necessarily

Word family  noun necessity the necessaries the necessary adjective necessary ≠ unnecessary verb necessitate adverb necessarily ≠ unnecessarily

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ne·ces·sar·i·ly /ˈnesəsərəli, ˌnesəˈserəli $ ˌnesəˈserəli/ ●●● S2 W2 adverb  1  not necessarily POSSIBLEpossibly, but not certainly 不一定 That is not necessarily true. 那未必是真的。 Expensive restaurants aren’t necessarily the best. 昂贵的餐馆不一定是最好的。 Having this disease does not necessarily mean that you will die young. 患上此病不一定就会早逝。 ‘So the school will have to close down, then?’ ‘Not necessarily.’ “那么这所学校得关闭了？”“也不一定。”2  MUST formal in a way that cannot be different or be avoided 必然，必定 SYN inevitably The care of old people necessarily involves quite a lot of heavy lifting. 照顾老年人必定要干很多搬重物的活儿。

Examples from the Corpus

necessarily• He is not necessarily a typical patronage worker, but he is not unusual.• Education must necessarily be about skill acquisition and content learning as well as development.• Income tax laws are necessarily complicated.• The first aspect of the accrual concept states that revenue earned does not necessarily correspond to the receipt of cash.• The arguments advanced by methodological individualists do not necessarily escape these problems.• The historical lack of fiscal discipline will not necessarily improve simply because the goal has been locked into the Constitution.• That doesn't necessarily mean playing him as one of the two central midfielders.• The course wasn't necessarily seen as all that important at first - it got fitted in.• These crafts are not necessarily the monopoly of any one group of animals.

ne·ces·sar·i·ly adverbChineseSyllable  

Corpus possibly, but certainly not

necessarily
ne‧ces‧sar‧i‧ly S2 W2 /ˈnesəsərəli, ˈnesɪsərəli, ˌnesəˈserəli $ ˌnesəˈserəli/ adverb1. 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.

🔑 ne·ces·sar·ilyBrE /ˌnesəˈserəli/ 🔊, also /ˈnesəsərəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌnesəˈserəli/ 🔊 adverbused to say that sth cannot be avoided 必然地；不可避免地◆The number of places available is necessarily limited. 录取名额不可避免地很有限。🔊🔊●ˌnot necesˈsarily 🔑used to say that sth is possibly true but not definitely or always true 不一定；未必◆The more expensive articles are not necessarily better. 较贵的东西不见得就较好。🔊🔊◆Biggest doesn't necessarily mean best. 最大的不一定是最好的。🔊🔊◆'We're going to lose.' 'Not necessarily.' “我们会输的。” “未必。”🔊🔊