Husbandly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Husbandly \Hus"band*ly\, a.
     Frugal; thrifty. [R.] --Tusser.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  husbandly
       adj 1: of or befitting or characteristic of a husband [ant: {wifely}]
       2: related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties
          like mowing the lawn"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "husbandly":
     adoring, affectionate, bridal, cannily, carefully, charily,
     conjugal, connubial, demonstrative, devoted, economically,
     epithalamic, faithful, filial, fond, frugally, hymeneal,
     languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, marital,
     married, maternal, matrimonial, melting, nuptial, parental,
     paternal, providently, prudently, romantic, sentimental, soft,
     sparingly, spousal, tender, thriftily, uxorious, wedded, wifely