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obligatorily

obligatorily adverb: in an obligatory manner.

Adverb

obligatorily (comparative more obligatorily, superlative most obligatorily)

  1. In an obligatory manner.
    • Near-synonyms: necessarily; mandatorily; imperatively; (sometimes) by nature
    • In essence, we evolved defenses that rendered us nearly invincible and allowed us to become obligatorily social.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 56

Synonyms of obligatorily

All synonyms of obligatorily

Forms of obligatorily

comparativemore obligatorily
superlativemost obligatorily

Origin of obligatorily

From obligatory + -ly.

Questions about obligatorily

What does obligatorily mean?
Obligatorily means in an obligatory manner.
What part of speech is obligatorily?
Obligatorily is an adverb.

Words near obligatorily in the dictionary

  1. obligativeness
  2. obligato
  3. obligator
  4. obligatorification
  5. obligatorifications
  6. obligatorily
  7. obligatoriness
  8. obligatorization
  9. obligatorizations
  10. obligatorize
  11. obligatorized

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