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necessarily

/ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/ adverb B2
  1. Inevitably; of necessity. · It is not necessarily true that children get their morals from their parents.
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Well, now, to continue our supposititious case, the couple—not necessarily a guilty couple—realize after the murderer is gone that they have placed themselves in a position in which it may be difficult for them to prove that they did not themselves either do the deed or connive at it.
The Valley of Fear, p. 72 · C1
This adjoins the lower part of the governor’s apartments, and were we to work our way through, we should only get into some lock-up cellars, where we must necessarily be recaptured.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 141 · C1
"But surely," said I, "the vampire was not necessarily a dead man?
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 51 · B2
Incidentally, I may tell you that we are doing the reverse of what you very justly blame, and that we are endeavouring to prevent anything like public exposure of private matters which must necessarily follow when once the case is fairly in the hands of the official police.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 113 · C1

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