Patrilineally

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In patrilineal fashion. not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    by descent through the male line wordnet

Example

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"Samaritan identity is inherited patrilineally, rather than matrilineally as with rabbinic Jews."

Etymology

From patrilineal + -ly.

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