Associations to the word «Lineally»

Wiktionary

LINEALLY, adverb. (genealogy) By direct descent.

Dictionary definition

LINEALLY, adverb. By an unbroken line of descent; "she is related lineally to the Royal Family".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky