Necessarily
Necessarily adverb - Because of necessity.
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Synonyms for Necessarily
Virtually and necessarily are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Virtually" instead an adverb "Necessarily".
Virtually
Virtually adverb - Very close to but not completely.
Necessarily and virtually are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Necessarily" instead an adverb "Virtually".
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Related pairs
- really and necessarily
- really and virtually
- actually and necessarily
- actually and virtually
- truly and necessarily
- truly and virtually
- intrinsically and necessarily
- intrinsically and virtually
- originally and necessarily
- originally and virtually
- primarily and necessarily
- primarily and virtually
- basically and necessarily
- basically and virtually
Both words in one sentence
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The game's version of Frankenstein's Monster is virtually this, since the concept behind the card is that the creature is being stitched together from any number of various creatures from your graveyard, not necessarily humans.
Source: Flesh Golem - Similarly, a Necessarily Evil act by a government seeking to root out dangerous terrorists in the interest of protecting their people can be virtually indistinguishable from a Witch Hunt by Secret Police seeking to stamp out political opposition.
Source: Analysis / The Horseshoe Effect - The Operative from Serenity is willing to do virtually anything to achieve his ends, even kill innocent children, but he sees himself as Necessarily Evil, and is even the Trope Namer for No Place for Me There.
Source: Anti Villain / Film
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