Antonyms for of necessity


Grammar : Adv
Spell : nuh-ses-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : nəˈsɛs ɪ ti


Definition 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

Synonyms for of necessity

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