välttämättä
Välttämättä is a Finnish adverb meaning not necessarily or not required. It is used to hedge statements about necessity or certainty, indicating that something does not have to be the case. The word is derived from the adjective välttämätön, which means necessary, and is commonly employed in negated constructions to express that a given condition or requirement is not obligatory.
The most frequent construction is ei välttämättä followed by a clause or verb phrase. For example: Se
Välttämättä functions to soften claims and introduce alternatives or exceptions. It is especially common in cautious
The related adjective välttämätön means “necessary,” while välttämättömyys refers to necessity as a concept. The adverbial