umbilical
adjective
of, relating to, or characteristic of an umbilicus or umbilical cord.
umbilically
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a word derived from
umbilical.
Example Sentences
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Film and novel are umbilically linked, however, by the basic gambit—a “motiveless” crime committed by strangers and therefore difficult to solve—as well as by a riff on the Faust legend, with Bruno as Mephistopheles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Under Lukashenko, Belarus became almost umbilically tied to neighboring Russia, agreeing to form a still-in-progress “union state.”
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2023
The first thing to fully conceive was the sisters: their individuality and their almost umbilically tied relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
“I still think there’s a certain need for each other in our band. In a strange way. We’re umbilically tied together, somehow. Without one of us, we’re incomplete.”
From The Guardian ● Dec. 19, 2016
The Al Jazeera documentary breaks intriguing and suggestive ground and establishes that the doping world is umbilically attached, doctor to doctor.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2015
