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matrilineally

matrilineally adverb: in matrilineal fashion.

Adverb

matrilineally (not comparable)

  1. In matrilineal fashion.

Origin of matrilineally

From matrilineal + -ly.

Questions about matrilineally

What does matrilineally mean?
Matrilineally means in matrilineal fashion.
What part of speech is matrilineally?
Matrilineally is an adverb.

Words near matrilineally in the dictionary

  1. matrilineal descent
  2. matrilineal line
  3. matrilineal lineage
  4. matrilinealism
  5. matrilineality
  6. matrilineally
  7. matrilinear
  8. matrilinearism
  9. matrilineate
  10. matrilines
  11. matrilingual

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