lineally
adverb formal uk/ˈlɪn.i.ə.li/ us/ˈlɪn.i.ə.li/
直系地
in a way that relates to a person's lineage (= the members of a person's family who are directly related to that person and who lived a long time before him or her)
Apollonius was lineally descended from the first settlers. 阿波罗尼奥斯是首批定居者的直系后裔。
See: lineage
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- A new baby is lineally descended from the first human beings there ever were.
- Jesus was lineally Son of God.
- Smaller, lineally organized households were defined principally on lines of kinship.