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FIL-ee-uh-l/ˈfɪliəl/

Filial means of or due from a son or daughter: filial duty, filial thanks. Family, son, and daughter (already in the dictionary) are the everyday set; thanks in the programme do not name a spare.

Meaning

Of or due from a son or daughter (from family, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “Filial thanks in the programme do not name the spare.”
• “Family is already in this course. Dutiful is the close twin. Thanks are ceremony. A name on the log is cover. Write the name; then print the thanks if the sitting still stands.”

Good to know

Of a son or daughter. Everyday: family (already in the dictionary). Thanks ≠ a named spare.

Near in meaning

dutiful, devoted, daughterly

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