Associations to the word «Lineal»

Wiktionary

LINEAL, adjective. (family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, and sons, etc. as opposed to collateral.
LINEAL, adjective. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to).
LINEAL, adjective. Composed of lines; delineated.
LINEAL, adjective. In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear.

Dictionary definition

LINEAL, adjective. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity".
LINEAL, adjective. Arranged in a line.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King