filially


fil·i·al

F0118600 (fĭl′ē-əl, fē′lē-)adj.1. Of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter: filial respect.2. Having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent.3. Genetics Of or relating to a generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin fīliālis, from Latin fīlius, son; see dhē(i)- in Indo-European roots.]
fil′i·al·ly adv.