1. (

• necessarily ,
• needfully

) in an essential manner; "such expenses are necessarily incurred" ;

2. (

• inevitably ,
• necessarily ,
• of_necessity ,
• needs

) in such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective" ;

3. (

• necessarily ,

) as a highly likely consequence; "we are necessarily bound for federalism in Europe" ;