lineally

1. 1.

   by an unbroken line of descent

   “she is related lineally to the Royal Family”

Questions about lineally

What does lineally mean?

lineally means "by an unbroken line of descent".

How many syllables are in lineally?

lineally has 4 syllables: li-ne-al-ly. The stress falls on "ne".

Is lineally a common word?

lineally is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.