lineally
adverb
formaluk/ˈlɪn.i.ə.li/us/ˈlɪn.i.ə.li/in a way thatrelatesto a person'slineage(= themembersof a person'sfamilywho aredirectlyrelatedto thatpersonand wholivedalongtimebefore him or her):
直系地Apollonius was lineallydescendedfrom the firstsettlers.阿波罗尼奥斯是首批定居者的直系后裔。
See
lineage
- A newbabyis lineallydescendedfrom the firsthumanbeingsthereeverwere.
- Jesuswas lineally Son ofGod.
- Smaller, lineallyorganizedhouseholdsweredefinedprincipallyonlinesofkinship.
Family: ancestors & descendants
- ancestor
- ancestral
- ancestry
- be in the/someone'sbloodidiom
- blood
- blood is thicker than wateridiom
- descent
- distaff
- family tree
- forbear
- forebear
- genealogist
- genealogy
- generation
- heraldic
- heraldry
- lineage
- run in the familyidiom
- sandwich generation
- successor