Hypertext Webster Gateway: "wifely"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Wifely \Wife"ly\, a. [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) 1.7 (wn)
wifely
adj : of or befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: {wifelike},
{uxorial}] [ant: {husbandly}]
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