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lineally

/lin-ee-uhl/US // ˈlɪn i əl //UK // (ˈlɪnɪəl) //

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being in the direct line, as a descendant or ancestor, or in a direct line, as descent or succession.
    • : of or transmitted by lineal descent.
    • : linear.

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Examples

  • Starting in 1905, however, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a lineal descendant group styled after the Daughters of the American Revolution, began using the site to shape Texans’ understanding of the past.

  • Dr No -- the lineal descendant of Fu Manchu—is the epitome of evil.

  • A new book says there is “overwhelming” evidence that President Barack Obama is a direct lineal descendant of Abraham Lincoln.

  • Three generations ago one of the cadets settled in Nice, and his lineal descendant is the present General Garibaldi.

  • The current idea of the time was that lineal descent from Abraham determined who belonged to the house of Israel and who did not.

  • There has been a lineal succession of teachers of singing, from the earlier decades of the eighteenth century down to the present.

  • It is designed to be handed down in lineal descent, from generation to generation—to be preserved as a family Memorial.

  • Well, instead of a lady, I see a fellow—he may have been a lineal descendant of Cedric the Saxon.