housewifely
adjective
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adj
Etymology: From Middle English *houswyfely, *houswijfli, *houswiflich, suggested by houswifliche (adverb), equivalent to housewife + -ly.
- Befitting a housewife.
“[…] 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.”