Unwifely

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not wifely.

    "He reproached his wife with unwifely disobedience, and with the crime of turning her own offspring against his father, and the two but mocked him!"

Example

More examples

"He reproached his wife with unwifely disobedience, and with the crime of turning her own offspring against his father, and the two but mocked him!"

Etymology

From un- + wifely.

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