ancestrally
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- adverb
- /ˌænˈsɛstrəli/
- The museum showcases artifacts that are ancestrally significant to the indigenous people of this area.
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Watch on YouTubeSo they're so the modern environment opens up the door for forms of deception that weren't available or weren't available to the same degree ancestrally.
- So they're so the modern environment opens up the door for forms of deception that weren't available or weren't available to the same degree ancestrally.
- It it's it's the things that that historically and ancestrally women valued in men.
- I think the DNA of a writer is so deeply anchored both in this life experience ancestrally in every sense.
- So you can trans, you can translate wealth into a variety of other tangible things in ways that that you couldn't ancestrally.
Examples
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As the Kievan Princess were ancestrally Scandinavian, this warrior elite was mostly of Norse stock.
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I think the DNA of a writer is so deeply anchored both in this life experience ancestrally in every sense.
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So, as our forefathers had done, we made our way and reported to our Roman commander in Britain, ancestrally named for the first Artorius, or Arthur.
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This included the descendants of the communities that ancestrally resided along the Grand River and across southwestern Ontario and the Niagara frontier.
Academic text (2017) -
Our family has lived in this region ancestrally, tracing our roots back for centuries.
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She felt a deep connection to her ancestrally linked heritage during the family reunion.
Synonyms
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Shows differences between older and younger people
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Comes from the mother, as when a trait passes only through mothers
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In a way that shows family history or roots
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In a way that follows the father's side of the family
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In a way that follows the mother's family line
In a way that follows the mother's side of the family
By passing property to relatives who are not a person's parents or children
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ancestrally comes from the word ancestor, which means family members 'before' you, and the start ante- means 'before'. So, if something is done ancestrally, it comes from past generations or family history.