of necessity

Idioms  

1. Also, out of necessity. As an inevitable consequence, unavoidably, as in the New Testament: “Of necessity he must release one unto them at the Feast” (Luke 23:17). [Late 1300s]

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Example Sentences

Dealers say that the current means of buying a car, painful as it is, remains mostly an in-person process because of necessity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"People take the wrong path, out of necessity," says Diannys, a mother-of-five who says her husband was killed in a US strike in October.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Over time, a maxim developed: Wars of necessity are good.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

“I hate asking for help,” she wrote in December on a GoFundMe campaign she organized apparently out of necessity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Here are some figures, in thousands, for the production of individual copies of printed books: of necessity, they are merely sophisticated estimates.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Related Words

• automatically
• naturally
• no doubt
• undoubtedly
• unquestionably