ancestoriallyadv.
/ˌansᵻˈstɔːrɪəli/, /ˌansɛˈstɔːrɪəli/, U.S. /ˌænsɛˈstɔriəli/ By or in respect of ancestry; ancestrally.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > ancestor > [adverb]
ancestorially1825
ancestrally1830
1825 S. Smith in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 373 A nation..ancestorially bound by foolish and improvident treaties.
1877 Spiritual Mag. Oct. 445 As he acquires that knowledge, he must of necessity be relatively more wise than heretofore, whether personally or ancestorially.
1906 Amer. Anthropologist 8 95 The present clan localization does not always represent what it was ancestorially.
1980 J. Carroll Sceptical Sociol. vi. 128 Soap is another pathology that they do not share with northern middle-class, ancestorially Protestant housewives.
2000 R. M. Collie Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder vi. 124 It has been a long time since ancestorially we shared a great deal in common with frogs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adv.1825