How do you use Maternally in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like motherly, plus the exact meaning.
Maternally meaning
In a maternal manner; motherly, as a mother.
Synonyms of Maternally
Using Maternally
- The main meaning on this page is: In a maternal manner; motherly, as a mother.
- Useful related words include: motherly.
- In the example corpus, maternally often appears in combinations such as: and maternally, maternally derived.
Context around Maternally
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Maternally
- In this selection, "maternally" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cousin, derived, amhara and dependent stand out and add context to how "maternally" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and are maternally transmitted i and descent and maternally of gurage. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "maternally" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with maternally
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Maternally, Agrippina descended directly from Augustus. (6 words)
She was a first cousin maternally and a second cousin paternally. citation In 1933, they emigrated to the United States. (20 words)
Parthenogenetic/gynogenetic embryos have twice the normal expression level of maternally derived genes, and lack expression of paternally expressed genes, while the reverse is true for androgenetic embryos. (28 words)
Kjetil Tronvoll, Ethiopia, a new start?, (Minority Rights Group: 2000) Haile Selassie's mother was paternally of Oromo descent and maternally of Gurage heritage, while his father was paternally Oromo and maternally Amhara. (33 words)
Julia Cable, national coordinator for the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, said the whale had injuries consistent with live stranding, was in good nutritional condition but possibly still maternally dependent. (30 words)
In some insect groups, these endosymbionts live in specialized insect cells called bacteriocytes (also called mycetocytes), and are maternally-transmitted, i.e. the mother transmits her endosymbionts to her offspring. (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
Kjetil Tronvoll, Ethiopia, a new start?, (Minority Rights Group: 2000) Haile Selassie's mother was paternally of Oromo descent and maternally of Gurage heritage, while his father was paternally Oromo and maternally Amhara.
Julia Cable, national coordinator for the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, said the whale had injuries consistent with live stranding, was in good nutritional condition but possibly still maternally dependent.
In some insect groups, these endosymbionts live in specialized insect cells called bacteriocytes (also called mycetocytes), and are maternally-transmitted, i.e. the mother transmits her endosymbionts to her offspring.
Maternally, Agrippina descended directly from Augustus.
Of the 46 chromosomes in a normal diploid human cell, half are maternally derived (from the mother's egg ) and half are paternally derived (from the father's sperm ).
Parthenogenetic/gynogenetic embryos have twice the normal expression level of maternally derived genes, and lack expression of paternally expressed genes, while the reverse is true for androgenetic embryos.
She was a first cousin maternally and a second cousin paternally. citation In 1933, they emigrated to the United States.
Common combinations with maternally
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: