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housewifely

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11 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted eefhilosuwyStarts with HEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. related or suited to a housewife

Word origin

From Middle English *houswyfely, *houswijfli, *houswiflich, suggested by houswifliche (adverb), equivalent to housewife + -ly.

Used in a sentence

  • […] to make the yong women sobre minded, to loue their husbands to loue their children, to be discrete, chaste, housewifely, good and obediente vnto theyr owne husbands […]
  • A wholesome good housewifely Countrey Wench is worth a thousand of you, in sadness.
  • […] as for the Maid, she was […] very handy and housewifely in any Thing that was before her; an excellent Manager, and fit indeed to have been Governess to the whole Island […]

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