OF NECESSITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does of necessity mean? 

• OF NECESSITY (adverb)
  The adverb OF NECESSITY has 1 sense:

1. in such a manner as could not be otherwise

  Familiarity information: OF NECESSITY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OF NECESSITY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In such a manner as could not be otherwise

Synonyms:

inevitably; necessarily; needs; of necessity

Context example:

we must needs by objective

 Context examples 

He might talk of necessity, but she knew his independence.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I was obliged to recall him to a theme which was of necessity one of close and anxious interest to me.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Ah, answered he, let mercy take the place of justice, I only made up my mind to do it out of necessity.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

The lack of necessity for CD8+ T cells indicates the process is not one of conventional acquired immunity.

(Immune Stimulant Molecule Protects against Cancer Development, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Do you know the only value life has is what life puts upon itself? And it is of course over-estimated since it is of necessity prejudiced in its own favour.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The beginning, however, of every visit displayed none but the properest feelings, and this being of necessity so short might be hoped to pass away in unsullied cordiality.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

I have no doubt that you feel the same way yourself, and that you would not care to stake the whole credit of the Gazette upon this adventure until we can meet the chorus of criticism and scepticism which such articles must of necessity elicit.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Anne felt persuaded, by the looks of the two girls, that it was precisely what they did not wish, and admired again the sort of necessity which the family habits seemed to produce, of everything being to be communicated, and everything being to be done together, however undesired and inconvenient.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

It could not be for society, as he frequently sat there ten minutes together without opening his lips; and when he did speak, it seemed the effect of necessity rather than of choice—a sacrifice to propriety, not a pleasure to himself.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is the genuine satisfaction which comes from hearty work of head or hand, and to the inspiration of necessity, we owe half the wise, beautiful, and useful blessings of the world.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)