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Meanings of filial in English

Portuguese
filial

Relating to or characteristic of or befitting an offspring.

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Examples for "relative"
1
Longer than Mrs Thatcher; and who knows how long relative to Blair?
The Irish Times
2
Huawei used to be a relative unknown in the consumer mobile market.
The Irish Times
3
The relative risk for individuals over 64 years of age was higher.
Pubmed
4
The relative health also holds appeal for investors enticed by the industry.
Reuters
5
In the boom years, Ireland lost competitiveness relative to its EU neighbours.
The Irish Times
Usage of filial in English
1
He was largely gifted with filial piety, which is everything in China.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 / A Magazine...
2
There is something characteristic in this mode of filial duty and honor.
Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.
3
This universal, eternal, filial relation is the only universal and eternal refuge.
Deerbrook
4
I am quite sure that you are backward in no filial duty.
Herb of Grace
5
According to Diodorus of Sicily, embalmment originated in filial piety and respect.
An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American In...
6
We spare the reader a shocking scene of filial and parental reproaches.
Tales and Novels — Volume 07 / Patronage [part 1]
7
In this interesting temperance story, filial love and devotion are strongly exhibited.
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885
8
That He may reward your filial Piety is the ardent Prayer of
The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 4
9
In a word, my filial life with her seemed at an end.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton / An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Mem...
10
His filial sorrow silenced for a moment the anguish of his love.
Beatrix
11
His pious optimism increased and became touched with something mystic and filial.
Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin
12
But that filial piety is weakening as younger generations migrate to cities.
The Guardian
13
The strongest of all securities for filial obedience- asenseof dependence-isdestroyed.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 345, July, 1844
14
This new method of expressing filial affection seemed to interest Mr. Gallilee.
Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time
15
No wonder that Confucius found filial piety beyond his powers of definition.
The Civilization of China
16
Not that he had been the only one operating on filial instinct.
Throttle
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Portuguese
filial
Filial through the time
Filial across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare