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Meanings of of necessity in English

Portuguese
forçosamente

In a manner that is impossible to avoid or prevent.

        forçosamente
        Usage of of necessity in English
        1
        It is their central thought; their idea of necessity; their sole aim.
        Beauchamp's Career — Volume 4
        2
        Matter is inert; it is the seat of necessity; it proceeds mechanically.
        A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson
        3
        Among bullfrogs, for example, skulking is a matter of necessity, not choice.
        Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation
        4
        In times of tragedy, of war, of necessity, people do amazing things.
        Radio NZ
        5
        More reasons of necessity may be added to the list above, though.
        The South African
        6
        There are no laws in Central Africa except the laws of necessity.
        With Edged Tools
        7
        The Absolute includes the idea of necessity, which the mind cannot cognize.
        The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
        8
        In the first place, there is no vice of necessity in gossip.
        Journeys to Bagdad
        9
        In natural history, God's freedom is shown in the law of necessity.
        Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
        10
        They hedged and hemmed it in to the narrowest limits of necessity.
        The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
        11
        The great law of expediency is strictly observed;-itis borne of necessity.
        The Backwoods of Canada / Being Letters from the Wife of an Emig...
        12
        However, as I said, that weighs nothing in the balance of necessity.
        The Boy Scouts on a Submarine
        13
        Eloquence is mighty powerful when it speaks in the name of necessity.
        A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4
        14
        The fiscal system was, almost of necessity, of the most simple character.
        The Supplies for the Confederate Army, / how they were obtained ...
        15
        The Former of the eye must of necessity be the great Observer.
        Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith / Being an Examination o...
        16
        His feelings proceed from the law of necessity; his thoughts from reality.
        Aesthetical Essays of Friedrich Schiller
        Translations for of necessity