husbandly

adj
/ˈhʌzbəndli/UK

Etymology

From Middle English housbondly, equivalent to husband + -ly.

  1. inherited from housbondly

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. Pertaining to a husbandman or husbandry.

  3. 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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