Of Necessity

Definition: Of Necessity

Of Necessity

Adverb

1. In such a manner as could not be otherwise; "it is necessarily so"; "we must needs by objective".

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Synonyms: Of Necessity

Compromise

Verb: compromise, commute, compound; take the mean; split the difference, meet one halfway, give and take; come to terms; (contract); submit to arbitration, abide by arbitration; patch up, bridge over, arrange; straighten out, adjust, differences, agree; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; take the will for the deed.

Compulsion

Under protest, in spite of one's teeth; against one's will; nolens volens; (of necessity); by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather; under press of; de rigueur.

Demonstration

Adverb: of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course; necessarily, of necessity.

Necessity

Adverb: necessarily; adVerb: of necessity, of course; ex necessitate rei; needs must; perforce; nolens volens; will he nil he, willy nilly, bon gre mal gre, willing or unwilling, coute que coute.

Requirement

Noun: requirement, need, wants, necessities; necessaries, necessaries of life; stress, exigency,pinch, sine qua non, matter of necessity; case of need, case of life or death.

Adverb: ex necessitate rei; (necessarily); of necessity.

Skill

Take advantage of, make the most of; profit by &e. (use); make a hit; (succeed); make a virtue of necessity; make hay while the sun shines; (occasion).

Submission

Pocket the affront; make the best of, make a virtue of necessity; grin and abide, grin and bear it, shrug the shoulders, resign oneself; submit with a good grace; (bear with).

Crosswords: Of Necessity

Act of Necessity (1991)

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Books

• The Nature of Necessity (Clarendon Library of Logic and Philosophy) (reference)

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Shenandoah Valley. Paul Fletcher's tiny factory in Harrisburg, which turns out fifteen bottle washing machines a year, selling at $3500 apiece. This was an invention of Mr. Fletcher's under the spur of necessity. Credit: Library of Congress.

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God having made man such a creature, that in his own judgment, it was not good for him to be alone, put him under strong obligations of necessity, convenience, and inclination to drive him into society, as well as fitted him with understanding and language to continue and enjoy it. (Second Treatise of Government)

Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. (reference)

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In case of necessity, the first man of genius, or even the first adventurer you meet, suffices for a king.

I have actually fished from the same kind of necessity that the first fishers did.

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Health

Neither the 1959 nor the 1983 height-weight tables reflect current weight and mortality relationship for the American population, since, of necessity, the deaths reflect the mortality experiences of policyholders with a cutoff date of 11 years prior to the publication of the tables. (references)

Economic History

Taiwan

Marketing products is too complex a subject to be covered in such a brief space, so the comments made here are of necessity very general. (references)

Vietnam

Provincial governments and residents are secondary buyers who tend to purchase low-cost, lower quality, low-tech fire prevention products and security items of necessity (e.g. fire extinguishers and locks). (references)

Afghanistan

Much of Afghanistan has long relied on Pakistani links for trade and travel to the outside world, and Pakistan views Afghanistan as eventually becoming its primary route for trade with Central Asia, though these plans will of necessity await establishment of secure conditions. (references)

Human Rights

Fiji

The CCF then reorganized as a nonprofit, and refiled its case on February 19. The case was successful, with a March 1 judgment in favor of the CCF. However, the military-backed, civilian interim administration, supposedly in the interest of national security and under the doctrine of necessity, transformed itself into a caretaker, military-backed civilian administration. (references)

Political Rights

Fiji

The decision of the Court of Appeal to uphold the Constitution was welcomed by local and international human rights groups; however, the interim civilian authorities, backed by the military, became the caretaker administration and remained in power, arguing this was necessary in the interest of national security and under the doctrine of necessity. (references)

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Expressions using "of necessity": act of necessity ♦ flag of necessity ♦ in time of necessity ♦ it's a matter of necessity ♦ make a virtue of necessity ♦ out of necessity. Additional references.

Danish

bekvemmelighedsflag (flag of convenience, flag of necessity). (various references)

Dutch

vluchthaven (harbour of refuge, port of necessity, port of refuge, shelter, sheltered waters), noodgeval (emergency), goedkope vlag (flag of convenience, flag of necessity), geval van nood (case of necessity, case of need). (various references)

Finnish

välttämättömyyden pakosta. (various references)

French

principe de la nécessité (rule of necessity), port de relâche (port of necessity, port of refuge), pavillon de complaisance (flag of convenience, flag of necessity), excuse de nécessité (defence of necessity), droit de nécessité (doctrine of necessity), cas de nécessité (case of necessity, case of need), état de nécessité (act of necessity, state of necessity). (various references)

German

Zollhafen (port of necessity, port of refuge), Notstand (crisis, emergency, state of emergency), Notfall (emergency, push), im Notfall (at a push, in case of necessity, in case of need), Billigflagge (flag of convenience, flag of necessity), aus der not eine tugend machen (make a virtue of necessity, to make a virtue of necessity). (various references)

Greek 

κατ' ανάγκη (necessarily, perforce). (various references)

Hungarian

természetszerűleg, szükségszerűen (inevitably, necessarily, of force), szükségből (by necessity, from necessity), kényszerből (by necessity, from necessity). (various references)

Italian

necessariamente (necessarily, needfully, needs, perforce). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

苦肉の策 (desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity, last resort), 已む無く (out of necessity, reluctance, unavoidably, unwillingness), 切羽詰まって (under the pressure of necessity). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

くにくのさく (desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity, last resort), せっぱつまって (under the pressure of necessity), やむなく (out of necessity, reluctance, unavoidably, unwillingness). (various references)

Pig Latin

ofay ecessitynay

Portuguese

porto de escala (call, port of call, port of necessity, port of refuge), caso de necessidade (case of necessity, case of need), bandeira de conveniência (flag of convenience, flag of necessity). (various references)

Romanian

inevitabil (fatal, implacable, ineluctable, inevitable, inevitably, necessarily, unavoidable, unavoidably), din necesitate (out of necessity). (various references)

Russian 

обязательно (a must, for sure, necessarily, without fail), по необходимости (by necessity, by perforce, must need, of perforce, out of necessity, perforce). (various references)

Spanish

puerto de recalada (port of necessity, port of refuge), puerto de escala (port of call), pabellón de conveniencia (flag of convenience, flag of necessity), pabellón de complacencia (flag of convenience, flag of necessity), bandera de conveniencia (flag of convenience, flag of necessity). (various references)

Swedish

nödfall (emergency), i tid (in time of necessity, on time), det är en tvungen sak (it's a matter of necessity). (various references)

Turkish

zaruri olarak, ihtiyaçtan. (various references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: cysteines, cytosines, necessity, seicentos.

-3 letters: centesis, coesites, cysteine, cysteins, cystines, cytosine, essonite, sections, seicento, senecios, syenites.

-4 letters: cenotes, cession, coesite, confess, confits, consist, cosiest, cosines, coyness, cystein, cystine, encysts, entices, eosines, feyness, finesse, fitness, incests, infects, infests, insects, nosiest, notices, oscines, section, senecio, sestine, society, softens, softies, syenite, tocsins.

-5 letters: cenote, censes, centos, cestoi.