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Word entry · 6 letters

lineal

Best crossword clue

"In direct descent"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈlɪni.əl/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aeillnStarts with LEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. arranged in a line

Word origin

From Old French lineal, from Latin līneālis, from līnea (“a line”) + -ālis (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, line + -al. Doublet of linear.

Used in a sentence

  • the prime and ancient right of lineal succession
  • Oh that your Brows my Laurel had ſuſtain'd, / Well had I been depos'd, if You had Reign'd! / The Father had deſcended for the Son; / For only you are lineal to the Throne.
  • lineal magnitude

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