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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. befitting or characteristic of a husband;

2. related to or suited to a husband;
- Example: "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Husbandly \Hus"band*ly\, a. Frugal; thrifty. [R.] --Tusser. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

husbandly adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a husband [ant: uxorial, wifelike, wifely] 2: related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "husbandly": adoring, affectionate, bridal, cannily, carefully, charily, conjugal, connubial, demonstrative, devoted, economically, epithalamic, faithful, filial, fond, frugally, hymeneal, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, marital, married, maternal, matrimonial, melting, nuptial, parental, paternal, providently, prudently, romantic, sentimental, soft, sparingly, spousal, tender, thriftily, uxorious, wedded, wifely