wifely

a. 妻的, 像妻的, 适于妻子的

发音

/ˈwaɪf.li/

词形变化

wifelier 比较级 wifelier wifeliest wifeliest 最高级

别名

wively

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife or wives.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 2

uxorial wifelike

反义词 1

husbandly

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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