Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

housewifely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: house-wife-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Befitting a housewife.

Example Sentences

"[…] 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 […]"
"[…] her stepfather […] waited on, looking into the fire and keeping the kettle boiling with housewifely care, as if it were an honour to have her in his house."
"[…] I thought my father was mean and cruel. He had enjoyed his Mexican holiday, and still was unable to proffer a bit of kindness to the woman who had waited patiently, busying herself with housewifely duties."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *houswyfely

Inflected Forms

more housewifely (comparative) most housewifely (superlative) housewively (alternative)

Derived Forms

housewifeliness unhousewifely

Frequently Paired Words

huswifely

Synonyms

housewifey housewifish

Questions

What does housewifely mean?: Befitting a housewife.
Where does housewifely come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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