wifely

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

wifely
    adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: {wifely},
           {wifelike}, {uxorial}] [ant: {husbandly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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