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Necessary vs Distinctly - What's the difference?

necessary | distinctly |

As an adjective necessary

is needed, required.

As a noun necessary

is (archaic|british) bathroom, toilet, loo.

As an adverb distinctly is

in a distinct manner.

necessary

English

(wikipedia necessary)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • needed, required
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis necessary he should die.
  • * Tillotson
    • A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds.
  • Such as must be; not to be avoided; inevitable.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Death, a necessary end, / Will come when it will come.
  • Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary.
    • Whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.

    Synonyms

    * (needed) See also * (such as must be) inevitable, natural

    Antonyms

    * (needed) unnecessary * (such as must be) evitable, incidental, impossible

    Derived terms

    * necessarily * necessary condition

    Related terms

    * necessariness * necessitate * necessitation * necessitousness * necessitude * necessity

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    Noun

    (necessaries)
  • (archaic, British) bathroom, toilet, loo

    • External links

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    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