8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
adverb by an unbroken line of descent
originEtymology tree English lineal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English lineally From lineal + -ly.
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