Get to know Affinal better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like affine or related.
Affinal in a sentence
Affinal meaning
Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
Using Affinal
- The main meaning on this page is: Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
- Useful related words include: affine, related.
Context around Affinal
- Average sentence length in these examples: 33 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Affinal
- In this selection, "affinal" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, indirect, connected and ties stand out and add context to how "affinal" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and indirect affinal connected by and creation of affinal ties in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "affinal" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with affinal
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rights and obligations seeAlso A marriage bestows rights and obligations on the married parties, and sometimes on relatives as well, being the sole mechanism for the creation of affinal ties (in-laws). (32 words)
Neighbourhoods become small networks of direct and indirect affinal (connected by marriage) relationships together with a few further connections of direct agnation (relationship through the male side of the family) or common clan membership. (34 words)
Neighbourhoods become small networks of direct and indirect affinal (connected by marriage) relationships together with a few further connections of direct agnation (relationship through the male side of the family) or common clan membership. (34 words)
Rights and obligations seeAlso A marriage bestows rights and obligations on the married parties, and sometimes on relatives as well, being the sole mechanism for the creation of affinal ties (in-laws). (32 words)
Example sentences (2)
Neighbourhoods become small networks of direct and indirect affinal (connected by marriage) relationships together with a few further connections of direct agnation (relationship through the male side of the family) or common clan membership.
Rights and obligations seeAlso A marriage bestows rights and obligations on the married parties, and sometimes on relatives as well, being the sole mechanism for the creation of affinal ties (in-laws).