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 and divides as li-ne-al-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

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.