Huswifely

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Like or of a huswife; capable; economical; prudent. archaic

    "Besydes that it is false that vnac[t]yfe men lede a quiete lyfe for els it must be that the lyfe of women were more quietous than that of men as they that syt watchyng at home occupied in huswifely occupations."

Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of a huswife; capably; economically; prudently. archaic

    "1573, Thomas Tusser, Fiue Hundreth Points of Good Husbandry, London: Richard Tottill, “Enstructions to Huswiferie,” This care hath a huswife all daye in her hed, that all thing in season be huswifely fed."

Synonyms

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abstemiouscannyfrugalparsimoniousprudentsnippy

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"Besydes that it is false that vnac[t]yfe men lede a quiete lyfe for els it must be that the lyfe of women were more quietous than that of men as they that syt watchyng at home occupied in huswifely occupations."

Etymology

From huswife + -ly.

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