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Definition of "lineally" [lin•e•al•ly]

  • By direct descent. (adverb)

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Use "lineally" in a sentence
  • "People, we need to be thinking dimensionally, not lineally."
  • "I have heard it asserted that he is lineally descended from that eminent physician who assisted at the birth of Mr. T."
  • "Say you were lineally descended from King Pepin, or he himself, what of this?"