強ち

あながち
not necessarily

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あながち【強ち】

〔かならずしも〕 《not》 necessarily; 《not》 always; 〔全然〕 《not》 altogether [wholly, entirely].

●あながちそうとは限らない. It is not necessarily [always] so.

・君の言うこともあながち無理ではない. What you say is not altogether unreasonable [impossible].

・その話はあながちうそとも言えまい. I don't think you can call the story [what was said] entirely untrue.

・彼の意見はあながち間違いとは言えない. You can't say his opinion [view] is wholly [altogether] wrong [mistaken].