wifely Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective befitting or characteristic of a wife
    uxorial; wifelike.

WordNet

Wife"ly adjective
Etymology
AS. wiflic.
Definitions
  1. Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife. "Wifely patience." Chaucer.
    With all the tenderness of wifely love. Dryden.

Webster 1913