of necessity

Adverb

Meaning

in such a manner as could not be otherwise

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

consequently needs necessarily automatically inevitably compulsorily perforce willy nilly axiomatically

Antonyms

at will

Examples

No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics. Franz Boas

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one's enemies. Leon Trotsky

Make a virtue of necessity. Geoffrey Chaucer

Although in our country the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a part only, but of the whole people of the United States. James K. Polk

He that buys the office of magistrate must of necessity sell justice. Italian Proverb

Make a virtue of necessity. Latin Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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