What does filial mean?
Filial means (not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter..
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/ˈfɪl.i.əl/ · adjective
(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter..
The filial duty Ellesmere had paid to a father, who had no other claim to it than that he was his father, was now consoling to him [D'Alonville]; […]
The plot revolves around an aimless and unemployed young man, M, whose sole ambition is to livestream his online games. He volunteers to take care of his maternal grandmother after he finds out she has Stage 4 cancer. His motivation is not filial piety; instead, he hopes that he can inherit her house.
If the admonition [to the parent] does not take effect, the son will be more reverential and more filial; […]
This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, as first filial (F₁), second filial (F₂), etc.
Use filial when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Filial means (not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter..
Common synonyms include daughterly.
Possible antonyms include unfilial, maternal, paternal, parental.
The filial duty Ellesmere had paid to a father, who had no other claim to it than that he was his father, was now consoling to him [D'Alonville]; […]
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