Uxorially

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an uxorial fashion. not-comparable

    "Clerical husbands who have been uxorially driven by wives who wielded their father's croziers, so to say, have been known to jib — nay, to kick out..."

Example

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"Clerical husbands who have been uxorially driven by wives who wielded their father's croziers, so to say, have been known to jib — nay, to kick out..."

Etymology

From uxorial + -ly.

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