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Necessarly(e, -lie, adv. Also: necesserlie. [f. Necessar(e a.: cf. e.m.E. necessarily (1488–9), necessaryly.] Of necessity. a. Inevitably, as a necessary consequence or outcome. b. As a necessary or essential provision, indispensably. c. In necessary ways, profitably, usefully. d. Unavoidably.a. 1490 Irland Mir. MS. 177b/29.
It is better to be werray necessarlie na contingentlie
1562-3 Winȝet I. 53/24.
And sa iugeit I that it necessarlie behuifit thame othir to hef bene afore werray finȝeit hypocritis … or [etc.]
Ib. II. 8/11.
It followis necessarlie that (etc.)
Ib. I. 61/3, 139/18. 1573 Riddell Tracts 191.
Ane certain probation quhilk necessarlie may convict ony persone of knawlege
1588 King Cat. 91 b.
A gryt misdeid … necessarlie requiris gryt satisfaction
c1590 Fowler II. 73/7.
Of quhome be all consequence he must necessarlye be beloued as the new and stranger
Ib. 37/19. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. To Reader. 1639 Drummond Hist. Jas. IV (1711) 66.
What comes from heaven he should bear necessarly
1639 Baillie I. 118.
As my memorie, necessarlie now short, after ane half year's tyme … can furnish
b. 1566 Reg. Privy C. I. 446.
Quhilk … necessarlie mon be careit and transportit
c1575 Balfour Pract. 367.
The quhilk necessarlie mon be provin be writ
Ib. 384.
In all publict instrumentis at the leist twa witnessis, with the notar, ar necessarlie requirit
a1578 Pitsc. II. 59/23.
To quhome it necessarlie belongit to haue the trew wnderstanding of the word
1603 Glasgow Weavers 86.
Namelie of the lynnyng yairne quhich is so necesserlie to be had
1620 Laing MSS. I. 156.
The hartie and kyndlie affectioun of his majesteis subjects ar necesserlie requyrit
1623 Aberd. Council Lett. I. 208. 1639 Baillie I. 156.
I thought that office necessarlie to be removed out of our Church for ever
c. c1590 Fowler II. 177/33.
Seing … the craftsmen apt for the same otherwyse and necessarlye busyed, it was left aff
1594 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I. 314.
Having necessarlie ado with certane leid and allabast for decoratioun of our werk
1622 Glasgow Trades House 104.
For menteining of ane bursar and other particulars necesserlie debursit be him
a1650 Row 525. 1693 Irvine Deeds MS.
When they shall necessarlie have to doe therwith
d. 1702 Peebles B. Rec. II. 167.
Many of the burgesses are necessarly absent fra the riding of the commons through Pash fair at Lanark [etc.]

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