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wifelike

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wife⋅like

  [wahyf-lahyk]
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–adjective
1. wifely.
–adverb
2. in a manner befitting a wife.
Origin:
1590–1600; wife + -like

wife⋅ly

  [wahyf-lee]
–adjective, -li⋅er, -li⋅est.
of, like, or befitting a wife.
Also, wifelike.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME wifly, OE wīflīc. See wife, -ly

Related forms:
wife⋅li⋅ness, noun
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wifelike

adjective
befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: wifely] [ant: husbandly] 
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