matrilineally

1. 1.

   by descent through the female line

Questions about matrilineally

What does matrilineally mean?

matrilineally means "by descent through the female line".

How many syllables are in matrilineally?

matrilineally has 6 syllables and divides as ma-tri-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 matrilineally a common word?

matrilineally 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.