Housewifely
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Befitting a housewife.
"[…] to make the yong women sobre minded, to loue their husbands to loue their children, to be discrete, chaste, housewifely, good and obediente vnto theyr owne husbands […]"
Adjective
- 1 related or suited to a housewife wordnet
Example
More examples"[…] to make the yong women sobre minded, to loue their husbands to loue their children, to be discrete, chaste, housewifely, good and obediente vnto theyr owne husbands […]"
Etymology
From Middle English *houswyfely, *houswijfli, *houswiflich, suggested by houswifliche (adverb), equivalent to housewife + -ly.
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