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.

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Antonyms for of necessity