wifely

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife or wives.
    — Being a domestic man, John decidedly missed the wifely attentions he had been accustomed to receive; but, as he adored his babies, he cheerfully relinquished his comfort for a time, supposing, with masculine ignorance, that peace would soon be restored.

词形变化

wifelier comparative wifeliest superlative wively alternative,obsolete

词源

From Middle English wifly, wyfly, from Old English wīflīc (“womanly, wifely”), from Proto-Germanic *wībalīkaz (“wifely”). Cognate with Scots wifely (“womanly, wifely”), Dutch wijflijk, wijfelijk, German weiblich (“feminine, female”). By surface analysis, wife + -ly.
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