Wifely

3 definitions found

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

  Wifely \Wife"ly\, a. [AS. w[imac]flic.]
     Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife. "Wifely
     patience." --Chaucer.
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           With all the tenderness of wifely love.  --Dryden.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wifely
       adj : of or befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: {wifelike},
              {uxorial}] [ant: {husbandly}]

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

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "wifely":
     adoring, affectionate, bridal, conjugal, connubial, demonstrative,
     devoted, epithalamic, faithful, filial, fond, husbandly, hymeneal,
     languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, marital,
     married, maternal, matrimonial, melting, nuptial, parental,
     paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, spousal, tender, uxorious,
     wedded