spousely
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When the time came, the husband would build a new house to which the old wife would retire with her children, while the new wife assumed the spousely role of homemaker."
- "If the decretalists were concerned that prospective spouses be able to carry out their moral obligations, they were no less interested in preserving spousely rights after the conjugal knot was tied."
Etymology
From spouse + -ly.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more spousely (comparative)
most spousely (superlative)