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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Wifely \Wife"ly\, adjective [AS. w[=i]flic.] Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife. ''Wifely patience.'' --Chaucer.
With all the tenderness of wifely love. --Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
wifely
adjective: of or befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: {wifelike}, {uxorial}] [ant: {husbandly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "wifely": adoring, affectionate, bridal, conjugal, connubial, demonstrative, devoted, epithalamic, faithful, filial, fond, husbandly, hymeneal, languishing, lovelorn, lovesick, lovesome, loving, marital, married, maternal, matrimonial, melting, nuptial, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft, spousal, tender, uxorious, wedded
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