lineally
In direct succession
Lineally means in a direct line of descent or ancestry.
A person lineally descended from someone is connected through an unbroken chain of parent-child relationships: She was lineally descended from the founder of the colony.
The word distinguishes direct inheritance from collateral relationships like cousins or siblings.
Less commonly, lineally means in a straight line or linear manner.
Those from whom one descends
- descendantsThose who come after
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
- offspringBiological descendants produced
progeny · posterity · scion · forefathers · patrilineal · matrilineal · primogeniture · succession
Not curved or crooked
- unbrokenNot damaged or interrupted
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- successiveFollowing without interruption
- consecutiveFollowing in unbroken sequence
sequential · uninterrupted · undeviating · direct · immediate · proximate · step-by-step · one after another
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
- descendantsThose who come after
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- forebearsAncestral family members
offspring · progeny · posterity · scion · forefathers · patrilineal · matrilineal · primogeniture · succession · inheritance
straight
Not curved or crooked
- unbrokenNot damaged or interrupted
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- successiveFollowing without interruption
consecutive · sequential · uninterrupted · undeviating · direct · immediate · proximate · step-by-step · one after another · vertically
lineallycollaterally
As secondary consequence
obliquely · laterally · indirectly · diagonally · circuitously