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necessarys

necessarys is the plural of necessary.

Meaning of necessary

Noun

necessary (plural necessaries or necessarys)

  1. (archaic, euphemistic) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.
    • It soon became fashionable for even the poorest families to have a necessary not far from their cabin. […] The more affluent settlers painted their necessarys in bright colors and carved their names on the doors.2009, Don Corbly, The Last Colonials, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 67
  2. (obsolete) Necessity.
    • […] loss of that whole dominion of New England, and consequently of their Majesties' other American Plantations, endangered not only by the want of provisions, but by the many ships, vessels, seamen and other necessarys in New England, ...1858, Rhode Island, Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England: 1678-1706, page 285

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Proper noun capitalized: Necessarys

Necessarys

  1. (plural) plural of Necessary

Questions about necessarys

What is necessarys the plural of?
Necessarys is the plural of necessary.
What part of speech is necessarys?
Necessarys is a proper noun.

Words near necessarys in the dictionary

  1. necessary stools
  2. necessary vault
  3. necessary vaults
  4. necessary woman
  5. necessary women
  6. necessarys
  7. necessitarian
  8. necessitarianism
  9. necessitarianisms
  10. necessitarians
  11. Necessitas

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