housewifely
adjEtymology
From Middle English *houswyfely, *houswijfli, *houswiflich, suggested by houswifliche (adverb), equivalent to housewife + -ly.
- inherited from *houswyfely✻
Definitions
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 […]
- A wholesome good housewifely Countrey Wench is worth a thousand of you, in sadness.
- […] 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 […]
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA