patrilineally

1. 1.

   by descent through the male line

Questions about patrilineally

What does patrilineally mean?

patrilineally means "by descent through the male line".

How many syllables are in patrilineally?

patrilineally has 6 syllables and divides as pa-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 patrilineally a common word?

patrilineally 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.