necessary
/ˈnɛs.əˌsɛ.ɹi/ adjective A2- Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty. · Although I wished to think that all was false, it was yet necessary that I, who thus thought, must in some sense exist.· It is absolutely necessary that you call and confirm your appointment.
- Unavoidable, inevitable. · If it is absolutely necessary to use public computers, you should plan ahead and forward your e-mail to a temporary, disposable account.
Comparative necessarier · Superlative necessariest
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“No more than was necessary for the purposes of our examination.”
In a very few moments it was necessary for Elaine to scramble to her feet, pick up her cloth of gold coverlet and pall of blackest samite and gaze blankly at a big crack in the bottom of her barge through which the water was literally pouring.
Supposing that a matter were brought confidentially to his knowledge, is it absolutely necessary that he should pass it on to the detectives?”
Barry wished to go and return the same day, it was necessary to make a very early start.
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