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Definitely vs Necessarily - What's the difference?

definitely | necessarily |

As adverbs the difference between definitely and necessarily

is that definitely is without question and beyond doubt while necessarily is inevitably; of necessity.

definitely

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Without question and beyond doubt.
  • The mother definitely has love for her child.
  • In a definite manner; decisively.
  • * Nikolai Gogol, The Nose (in translation)
  • And the Nose definitely turned away.

    necessarily

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Inevitably; of necessity.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-09-07, volume=408, issue=8852, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The multiplexed metropolis , passage=But clever cities will not necessarily be better ones.}}