wifely
Meaning
Adjective
- Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.
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Origin
- From Middle English wyfly, wifly, from Old English wīflīc, from Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz, equivalent to wife + -ly. Cognate with Scots wifely, Dutch wijflijk, wijfelijk, German weiblich.
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