Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as wifely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Wifely.

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  • adjective Obsolete form of wifely.

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Examples

  • Some restaurants horrified me with their pretentiousness toward certain types of people old women, regular house-wively types, which was exactly what she was hoping to portray in her reviews and this book.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Niki 2005

  • Some restaurants horrified me with their pretentiousness toward certain types of people old women, regular house-wively types, which was exactly what she was hoping to portray in her reviews and this book.

    New books for this cook - or why the British excite me so... Niki 2005

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