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Necessarily vs Distinctly - What's the difference?

necessarily | distinctly |

As adverbs the difference between necessarily and distinctly

is that necessarily is inevitably; of necessity while distinctly is in a distinct manner.

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.}}

    distinctly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a distinct manner.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
  • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=17 citation , passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
  • * 2007 , Stephen R. Donaldson, Fatal Revenant , ISBN 978-0-399-15446-1, p. 192,
  • "Aloud," he said distinctly, "the Seven Words are spoken thus. Melenkurion abatha. Duroc minas mill. Harad khabaal. "

    Antonyms

    * indistinctly