Better
Better adjective - (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another.
Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Better and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Better" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
Both words in one sentence
- Pathfinder, a rebuilt 3.5 with a much better eye for balance, enforces the necessary drawbacks of the traditional classes.
Source: Necessary Drawback - This story is slightly AU, but every change is at the very least necessary and at the most actually better.Everyone is in character.
Source: Fanfic Recs / Mega Man -
Going to the bathroom isn't necessary, strictly speaking, but doing so has a chance of giving you a better Condition.
Source: Video Game / Persona 3
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