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WIFELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wifely mean?
• WIFELY (adjective)
The adjective WIFELY has 1 sense:
1. befitting or characteristic of a wife
Familiarity information: WIFELY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Befitting or characteristic of a wife
Synonyms:
Antonym:
husbandly (befitting or characteristic of a husband)
Derivation:
wife (a married woman; a man's partner in marriage)
Context examples
Being a domestic man, John decidedly missed the wifely attentions he had been accustomed to receive, but as he adored his babies, he cheerfully relinquished his comfort for a time, supposing with masculine ignorance that peace would soon be restored.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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