hereditarily

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adverb

In a hereditary manner.

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Meanings

adverbhereditarily (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a hereditary manner.

    After all, there might be some queer and perhaps hereditarily misshapen outcasts in those shunned hills, even though no such race of star-born monsters as folklore claimed.

    1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 2, in The Whisperer in Darkness
  2. not comparableWith regard to inheritance.

Origin

From hereditary + -ly.

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APA

hereditarily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereditarily

MLA

“hereditarily.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereditarily. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hereditarily,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hereditarily.

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