Neb"u*lous (?), a. [L. nebulosus: cf. F. nébuleux. See Nebula.] 1.
Cloudy; hazy; misty.
2. (Astron.) Of, pertaining to, or having the appearance of, a nebula;
nebular; cloudlike.
-- Neb"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Neb"u*lous*ness, n.
Neb"u*ly, n. (Her. & Arch.) A line or a decoration composed of
successive short curves or waves supposed to resemble a cloud. See
Nébulé
Nec`es*sa"ri*an (?), n. [Cf. F. nécessarien. See Necessary.] An
advocate of the doctrine of philosophical necessity; a necessitarian.
Nec`es*sa"ri*an, a. Of or pertaining to necessarianism.
Nec`es*sa"ri*an*ism (?), n. The doctrine of philosophical necessity;
necessitarianism. Hixley.
Nec"es*sa*ri*ly (?), adv. In a necessary manner; by necessity;
unavoidably; indispensably.
Nec"es*sa*ri*ness, n. The quality of being necessary.
Nec"es*sa*ry (?), a. [L. necessarius, from necesse unavoidable,
necessary; of uncertain origin: cf. F. nécessaire.] 1. Such as must be;
impossible to be otherwise; not to be avoided; inevitable.
Death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Shak.
2. Impossible to be otherwise, or to be dispensed with, without
preventing the attainment of a desired result; indispensable;
requisite; essential. "'T is necessary he should die." Shak.
A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of
our minds.
Tillotson.
3. Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary; -- opposed to
free; as, whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much
discussed.
Nec"es*sa*ry, n.; pl. Necessaries (&?;). 1. A thing that is necessary
or indispensable to some purpose; something that one can not do
without; a requisite; an essential; -- used chiefly in the plural; as,
the necessaries of life.