Housewifely

Quick meaning: Housewifely is an adjective meaning Befitting a housewife.

Meaning

Befitting a housewife.

Example Sentences

A wholesome good housewifely Countrey Wench is worth a thousand of you, in sadness.

[…] her stepfather […] waited on, looking into the fire and keeping the kettle boiling with housewifely care, as if it were an honour to have her in his house.

[…] 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 […]

[…] as for the Maid, she was […] very handy and housewifely in any Thing that was before her; an excellent Manager, and fit indeed to have been Governess to the whole Island […]

Word Forms

• housewively

Synonyms for housewifely

Depending on context, synonyms include housewifey, domestic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include domestic, wifely, housemaidenly, housemotherly, wifey, spousely.

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