Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

matrilineally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
ma-tri-lin-eal-ly
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From matrilineal + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does matrilineally mean?
In matrilineal fashion.
Where does matrilineally come from?
From matrilineal + -ly.

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