adoptively
By legal family
Adoptively means by way of adoption rather than biological relation.
A child adoptively placed with a family becomes legally theirs.
Parents who adoptively raise a child have the same parental status as biological parents.
The adverb appears mainly in legal and social work contexts.
Protective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- petitionFormal written appeal
jurisdiction · consent · statute · finalization · documentation · certificate · termination · hearing
Connection or fondness
- connectionA joining or relation
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- loveIntense fond attachment
- trustConfidence in another
security · caregiving · parenting · devotion · affection · maternal · paternal · tenderness
Mother and father
- childrenYoung human beings
- siblingsFellow offspring
- relativesThose connected by blood
- householdDomestic unit of residents
kinship · foster · guardians · upbringing · lineage · ancestry · heritage · bloodline
Underground nutrient absorbers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
- selfhoodIndividual identity, personhood
assimilation · acculturation · self-discovery · belonging · search · reunion · authenticity · narrative
custody
Protective care or control
- guardianshipLegal care of another
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
petition · jurisdiction · consent · statute · finalization · documentation · certificate · termination · hearing · affidavit
attachment
Connection or fondness
- connectionA joining or relation
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- loveIntense fond attachment
trust · security · caregiving · parenting · devotion · affection · maternal · paternal · tenderness · support
parents
Mother and father
household · kinship · foster · guardians · upbringing · lineage · ancestry · heritage · bloodline · descendants
roots
Underground nutrient absorbers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
selfhood · assimilation · acculturation · self-discovery · belonging · search · reunion · authenticity · narrative · self-concept
adoptivelybiologically
Pertaining to living organisms
naturally · genetically · hereditarily · innately · natively
- adoptive parentsLegal non-birth guardians
- adoptive fatherMan who legally becomes parent
- adoptive motherParent by legal choice
- adoptive familyRelatives through legal placement
- adoptive familiesFamilies formed through legal guardianship
- adoptive siblingsChildren united by legal placement