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lineal

adjective

1 lineal

In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child:
— Lineal ancestors.
— Lineal heirs.

synonym: direct.

Roget 200: long, longsome; lengthy, wiredrawn, outstretched; lengthened etc. v.; sesquipedalian etc. (words) 577; interminable, no end of; ... show more

2 lineal

Arranged in a line.


Moby thesaurus: after, arrowlike, attendant, cadet, catenary, clannish, consecutive, dead straight, diphyletic, direct, ensuing, ethnic, even, family, flat, following, genealogical, genetic, gentile, gentilic ... show more.

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