CONNUBIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does connubial mean? 

• CONNUBIAL (adjective)
  The adjective CONNUBIAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband

  Familiarity information: CONNUBIAL used as an adjective is very rare.

• CONNUBIAL (adverb)
  The adverb CONNUBIAL has 1 sense:

1. in a conjugal manner

  Familiarity information: CONNUBIAL used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONNUBIAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

conjugal; connubial

Context example:

conjugal visits

Pertainym:

marriage (the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce))

• CONNUBIAL (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a conjugal manner

Synonyms:

conjugally; connubial

Pertainym:

connubial (of or relating to marriage or to the relationship between a wife and husband)

 Context examples 

But no such happy marriage could now teach the admiring multitude what connubial felicity really was.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)