See Also: necessarily(dictionary)
necessarily(dictionary)
Christmas(dictionary)
Christmas Eve(dictionary)
Christmas(encyclopedia)
Christmas(1)(dictionary)
Christmas(medicine)
Christmas(2)(dictionary)
Christmas Day(dictionary)
Christmas dinner(dictionary)

Christmas Eve (oh) and necessarily (iou)


Christmas Eve (oh)



n [U]
December 24th, the day before Christmas Day
::We spent Christmas Eve Cooking and getting ready for Christmas Day.
::Unfortunately, I've got to work on Christmas Eve.

necessarily (iou)



necessarily adverb. LME.
[from NECESSARY + -LY2.]
By force of necessity; unavoidably; indispensably; in accordance with a necessary law or operative principle. obsolete exc. as passing into sense 2. LME.
H. Cogan He was necessarily to be assistant at this funeral pomp.
As a necessary result or consequence; of necessity; inevitably. E16.
J. Conrad Visits to his Home were necessarily rare. R. G. Myers More money for research..does not necessarily improve research.