hereditarily


he·red·i·tar·y

H0160600 (hə-rĕd′ĭ-tĕr′ē)adj.1. a. Of or relating to heredity or inheritance.b. Transmitted or capable of being transmitted genetically from parent to offspring: a hereditary disease.2. a. Passed down from one generation to the next: a hereditary prejudice.b. Being such or possessed by reason of birth: a hereditary aristocracy.3. Law a. Capable of being inherited.b. Descending from an ancestor to a legal heir; passing down by inheritance.c. Having title or possession through inheritance.
[Middle English, from Latin hērēditārius, from hērēditās, inheritance; see heredity.]
he·red′i·tar′i·ly (-târ′ə-lē) adv.he·red′i·tar′i·ness n.
Translations
héréditairementereditariamente