Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

not necessarily

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables
not nec-es-sar-i-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Possibly, but not absolutely or certainly.

Questions

What does not necessarily mean?
Possibly, but not absolutely or certainly.

How to pronounce not necessarily

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