filial
/ˈfɪl.i.əl/ adjectif B2En français : filial
- Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
- Respectful of the duties and attitudes of sons or daughters toward their parents.
- Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
Dans la bibliothèque
“Well, then, if you felt so sure,” replied the new-comer, putting his cane in a corner and his hat on a chair, “allow me to say, my dear Gérard, that it was not very filial of you to keep me waiting at the door.”
At this spot, so pregnant with fond and filial remembrances, his heart beat almost to bursting, his knees tottered under him, a mist floated over his sight, and had he not clung for support to one of the trees, he would inevitably have fallen to the ground and been crushed beneath the many vehicles continually passing there.
“Why, indeed, he does seem to have had some filial scruples on that head, as you will hear.”
The young man, standing up before her, gazed upon her with that filial affection which is so tender and endearing with children whose mothers are still young and handsome.
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