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patrilineally

patrilineally adverb: in patrilineal fashion.

Adverb

patrilineally (not comparable)

  1. In patrilineal fashion.

Origin of patrilineally

From patrilineal + -ly.

Questions about patrilineally

What does patrilineally mean?
Patrilineally means in patrilineal fashion.
What part of speech is patrilineally?
Patrilineally is an adverb.

Words near patrilineally in the dictionary

  1. patrilineal line
  2. patrilineal lineage
  3. patrilinealism
  4. patrilinealities
  5. patrilineality
  6. patrilineally
  7. patrilinear
  8. patrilinearity
  9. patrilinearly
  10. patrilineate
  11. patrilines

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