husbandly
adj/ˈhʌzbəndli/UK
Etymology
From Middle English housbondly, equivalent to husband + -ly.
- inherited from housbondly
Definitions
Characteristic of a husband
Characteristic of a husband; proper and fitting for a husband; marital.
- One thing she still would not allow was that horrible erotic act which was a commonplace of American and European films, but she took complaisantly enough now to his other husbandly advances.
- He strives for husbandly allure in slow-motion ballads: “Love You Gently” and the role-reversing “Trading Places,” in which he calls for her to be the aggressive one and offers to make breakfast the next morning.
- As a result, analogies between royal, paternal, and husbandly authority were frequently drawn.
Pertaining to a husbandman or husbandry.
Frugal
Frugal; economical.
- Even he that has the most of all is nevertheless oblig'd to be Frugal and Husbandly, and not to lavish or squander away what he has [...].
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Derived
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA