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[syn: wifely, wifelike, uxorial]
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.
[1913 Webster]
With all the tenderness of wifely love. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wifely
adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: wifely,
wifelike, uxorial] [ant: husbandly]
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