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Synonyms for of necessity
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : nuh-ses-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : nəˈsɛs ɪ ti |
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Définition of of necessity
Origin :- late 14c., "constraining power of circumstances," from Old French necessité "need, necessity; privation, poverty; distress, torment; obligation, duty" (12c.), from Latin necessitatem (nominative necessitas) "compulsion, need for attention, unavoidableness, destiny," from necesse (see necessary). Meaning "condition of being in need" in English is from late 15c.
- Necessity is the Mother of Invention. [Richard Franck, c.1624-1708, English author and angler, "Northern Memoirs," 1658]
- To maken vertu of necessite is in Chaucer. Related: Necessities.
- As in necessarily : adv inevitably, certainly
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