Mean and Necessary

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Necessary and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Necessary" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

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Mean and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Necessary".

Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily

good	good mean	good necessary
common	common mean	common necessary
natural	natural mean	natural necessary
powerful	powerful mean	powerful necessary
Other adjectives: real, downright, big, huge, white, possible, different, mad.

According to one file found in-game, they claim to want to preserve global stability by any means necessary, but in reality, they only mean to manipulate events for their own benefit.

Source: Video Game / Resident Evil 6
Bear in mind that just because they're not necessary does not mean they aren't good, especially if the team also has a dedicated tank.

Source: Video Game / Dofus
Even though videogames are a medium unlike any other, that doesn't mean that people that made the source material so good and successful aren't necessary for the videogame adaptation.

Source: Analysis / The Problem with Licensed Games

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