necessarily

Everyday

1. Used mostly in «not necessarily»: not always, not in every case. tree →
2. In a way that cannot be different; because it must be so. tree →

In the lessons

In maths, science and reasoning lessons it is a key thinking word: «A bigger box is not necessarily heavier» — one example does not prove a rule. In media literacy: «Popular is not necessarily true». It warns against jumping to conclusions.

Examples

• Big dogs are not necessarily scary. tree →
• An expensive toy is not necessarily better. tree →
• A longer word is not necessarily harder to spell. tree →
• «Will it rain?» «Not necessarily.» tree →
• Taller people do not necessarily run faster. tree →
• Something on the internet is not necessarily true. tree →
• A shape with four sides is not necessarily a square. tree →
• “Will you please tell me if, on this island, there are places where one may eat without necessarily being eaten?” tree →

Note

Spelling trap: one «c», double «s»: ne-ce-ss-ar-i-ly («one collar, two sleeves»). «Not necessarily» is softer than «no»: it means «sometimes yes, sometimes no». In maths, one counterexample shows a statement is not necessarily true.

In Jewish tradition

In maths, science and reasoning lessons it is a key thinking word: «A bigger box is not necessarily heavier» — one example does not prove a rule. In media literacy: «Popular is not necessarily true». It warns against jumping to conclusions.

Examples

• 23) The ancient philosophers maintained that if God is the first cause, and He is necessarily, He, the immediate effect of Him, as an absolute unity, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
• He failed, however, to see that by way of contrast riTnr must necessarily mean consonants. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →

Note

Spelling trap: one «c», double «s»: ne-ce-ss-ar-i-ly («one collar, two sleeves»). «Not necessarily» is softer than «no»: it means «sometimes yes, sometimes no». In maths, one counterexample shows a statement is not necessarily true.