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hereditable | hereditably |

As an adjective hereditable

is capable of being passed on to children.

As an adverb hereditably is

by inheritance.

hereditable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being passed on to children.
  • * 1913 , Penal Laws'', article in ''Catholic Encyclopedia ,
    • Any Protestant who became a Catholic forfeited his whole hereditable estate to the nearest Protestant heir.

    hereditably

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • By inheritance.
    • (Webster 1913)