wifely

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points: 15
Words With Friends: 15
Letters: 6

Pronunciation

/ˈwaɪf.li/

Definition of wifely

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife or wives.

“Being a domestic man, John decidedly missed the wifely attentions he had been accustomed to receive; but, as he adored his babies, he cheerfully relinquished his comfort for a time, supposing, with masculine ignorance, that peace would soon be restored.”
“'[…] Behold!' and she took his hand and placed it upon her shapely head, and then bent herself slowly down till one knee for an instant touched the ground—'Behold! in token of submission do I bow me to my lord! Behold!' and she kissed him on the lips, 'in token of my wifely love do I kiss my lord.[…]'”
“From here, I am trusting you and your therapist, because the wifely hot air and gaslighting don’t square with “Outside of this issue, our relationship works.””

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Etymology

From Middle English wifly, wyfly, from Old English wīflīc (“womanly, wifely”), from Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz (“wifely”). Cognate with Scots wifely (“womanly, wifely”), Dutch wijflijk, wijfelijk, German weiblich (“feminine, female”). By surface analysis, wife + -ly.

Words you can make from wifely

31 playable · top: WIFEY (14 pts)

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