housewifely

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housewifely

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From Middle English *houswyfely, *houswijfli, *houswiflich, suggested by houswifliche (adverb), equivalent to housewife + -ly.

adjective more housewifely · most housewifely · housewively

Befitting a housewife. […] to make the yong women sobre minded, to loue their husbands to loue their children, to be discrete, chaste, housewifely, good and obediente vnto theyr owne husbands […]
Similar: housewifey, housewifish

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@misc{housewifely_2026,
  title = {housewifely},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/housewifely},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}