wifely
adj/ˈwaɪf.li/
Etymology
From Middle English wifly, wyfly, from Old English wīflīc (“womanly, wifely”), from Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz (“wifely”). Cognate with Scots wifely (“womanly, wifely”), Dutch wijflijk, wijfelijk, German weiblich (“feminine, female”). By surface analysis, wife + -ly.
- inherited from wifly,wyfly
Definitions
Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife or wives.
- From here, I am trusting you and your therapist, because the wifely hot air and gaslighting don’t square with “Outside of this issue, our relationship works.”
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for wifely. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA