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