necessarily
part of speech
adverb (necessarily)
meaning for a pupil
1) Used mostly in «not necessarily»: not always, not in every case. tree →
2) In a way that cannot be different; because it must be so. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths, science and reasoning lessons it is a key thinking word: «A bigger box is not necessarily heavier» — one example does not prove a rule. In media literacy: «Popular is not necessarily true». It warns against jumping to conclusions.
examples
- Big dogs are not necessarily scary. tree →
- An expensive toy is not necessarily better. tree →
- A longer word is not necessarily harder to spell. tree →
- «Will it rain?» «Not necessarily.» tree →
- Taller people do not necessarily run faster. tree →
- Something on the internet is not necessarily true. tree →
- A shape with four sides is not necessarily a square. tree →
- “Will you please tell me if, on this island, there are places where one may eat without necessarily being eaten?” tree →
note
Spelling trap: one «c», double «s»: ne-ce-ss-ar-i-ly («one collar, two sleeves»). «Not necessarily» is softer than «no»: it means «sometimes yes, sometimes no». In maths, one counterexample shows a statement is not necessarily true.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «necessarily» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.