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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent.

A good sort of woman, ladylike and

housewifely

Sir W. Scott.

Adj.

hous'wifely. Pertaining to the mistress of a family.

Taken from housewifery, or domestic affairs; as a housewifely metaphor.

housewifely ‎(comparative more housewifely, superlative most housewifely)