Filial
['fɪlɪəl]
Definition
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring; 'filial respect' .
(adj.) designating the generation or the sequence of generations following the parental generation .
Editor: Rae--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to a son or daughter; becoming to a child in relation to his parents; as, filial obedience.
(a.) Bearing the relation of a child.
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Definition
adj. pertaining to or becoming a son or daughter: bearing the relation of a child.—adv. Fil′ially.
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Examples
- Besides; if you are not filial, sir, if you discard that duty, you are at least--hum--not a Christian? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It ain't filial conduct, Samivel,' said Mr. Weller, wiping his forehead; 'wery far from it. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At this parental and professional joke, Mr. Weller, junior, smiled a filial smile. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The fountain of my filial affection was stirred to its profoundest depths, and I gave way to tumultuous emotion. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Their youngest son, In filial regard to their memory, Places this stone. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Margaret was glad when, her filial duties gently and carefully performed, she could go down into the study. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- From the haughty and unbending nature of the Countess of Windsor, Idris had few tender filial associations with her. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mamma had a little filial lecture afterwards, and was docile as usual. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- In the discharge of gentle offices and kind filial duties, this simple creature shone most especially. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She is standing on the mat, shocked at your want of filial affection. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But Archer, meeting his eyes, saw the filial light under their banter. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- A noise on the road roused Caroline from her filial hopes, and Shirley from her Titan visions. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The mother's eyes are not always deceived in their partiality: she at least can best judge who is the tender, filial-hearted child. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He was a man, not wise in his generation, yet could he claim a filial sympathy with the dayspring on high. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Family pride, and _filial_ pride--for he is very proud of what his father was--have done this. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
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