单词 | ancestrally |
释义 | ancestrallyadv. By or in respect of ancestry. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [adverb] ancestorially1825 ancestrally1830 1830 New Monthly Mag. 28 441 These men act sometimes from hereditary motives—are Whigs ancestrally. 1883 G. Allen Colin Clout's Cal. xvii. 97 Ancestrally, yellow-rattle is a near relation of the pretty little blue veronicas. 1923 R. Frost New Hampsh. (1924) 50 With something of the baby grip Acquired ancestrally in just such trees. 1940 Life 24 June 62/2 Many hark back ancestrally to the solid people who came over when William Penn was building his city. 2002 D. G. Smith Great Horned Owl i. 6 Ancestrally, the Great Horned Owl..probably derived from a Eurasian horned owl that arrived in North America sometime during the early or mid-Pleistocene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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