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Of necessity   /əv nəsˈɛsəti/   Listen
Of necessity

adverb
1.
In such a manner as could not be otherwise.  Synonyms: inevitably, necessarily, needs.  "We must needs by objective"






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"Of necessity" Quotes from Famous Books



... not to do miracles at Nazareth without a call, as he did in other places where he had a call of God; from the particular example of Elijah and Elisha, who only went to them to whom God called them, Luke ix. 25-27; so he proves that in like case of necessity it was lawful for his disciples on the sabbath-day to rub ears of corn and eat them, &c., from David's example of eating show-bread when he had need, Matt. ...
— The Divine Right of Church Government • Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London

... nevertheless understood that an envoy of the Chinese Government may reside at Urga and be accompanied by the necessary staff as well as an armed escort. In addition the Chinese Government may, in case of necessity, maintain her agents for the protection of the interests of her citizens at certain points in Outer Mongolia to be agreed upon during the exchange of views provided for in Article V of this agreement. Russia ...
— The Fight For The Republic in China • Bertram Lenox Putnam Weale

... was yet without the stern incentive of necessity that is the seed of journalism. Circumstances, however, were ripening that would soon leave him no excuse on that score for not buckling down to "sawing wood," as for twenty-three years he was wont to consider his daily work. When he reached his majority he was entitled to his share ...
— Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions - Vol. I • Slason Thompson

... itself within the limits prescribed by the law of its creation. But it is necessary at least to contemplate the possibility that it would prove less complaisant. The safeguards and limitations inserted in any Act of the kind must of necessity be couched in general terms. The constitutional history of the United States and other countries is full of cases showing how difficult it is to define in practice where the border line between intra and ultra ...
— Against Home Rule (1912) - The Case for the Union • Various

... than friends. If I live, and while I live, I shall hope to prove by the best effort that is in me my realization of the great debt I owe you and my desire to repay it, even though the payment must, of necessity, be so inadequate. God ...
— Keziah Coffin • Joseph C. Lincoln


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