-ial

American  

1. variant of -al.

   gubernatorial.

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-ial British  

suffix

1. of; relating to; connected with

   managerial

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Etymology

Origin of -ial

Extracted from Latin loanwords in which -ālis (adjective suffix) is joined to stems ending in i; -al ¹. filial, imperial ¹

Example Sentences

"IMA and IAL do not agree that they have misled customers and intend to defend the proceedings further," IAG said in a separate release.

From Reuters

"IMA and IAL do not agree that they have misled customers and intend to defend the proceedings further," IAG said, in a separate release.

From Reuters

The regulator is seeking declarations of contravention, pecuniary penalties and adverse publicity orders against IAL and IMA from the court.

From Reuters

Director Billy Wilder, operating at the peak of his powers – he and his screenwriting partner IAL Diamond had made the screwball classic Some Like It Hot with Lemmon one year earlier – has made a comedy about two people who are utterly compromised and in no control over their own lives and happiness.

From The Guardian

The Republicans’ report on fetal-tissue research harked back to the old arguments about embryonic stem cells — the familiar, evidence-free mantra that convenient alternatives can easily replace a controversial source of mater­ial.

From Nature