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filially
adverb
uk /ˈfɪl.i.əl.i/ us /ˈfɪl.i.əl.i/
in a way that relates to the idea that a son or daughter should show respect to parents, grandparents, and older people:
No one doubted that he was filially devoted to his grandmother.
It is the norm in their society that children are filially respectful to older members of their family.
He became a national hero and a model of the loyal, patriotic, and filially dutiful citizen.
He had acted filially by doing what his father had asked, but he had serious doubts.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: relations in general
anti-family
aunt
auntie
baby daddy
baby mama
family man
father
fatherhood
filial
first cousin
kinsman
kinswoman
kith and kin
long-lost
loved one
relationship
relative
removed
second cousin
sib
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