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husbandly
/ˈhʌzbəndli/
adj 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
other, paternal, royal
VERB + HUSBANDLY
strives
HUSBANDLY + NOUN
allure, authority, slow-motion
PREP.
in
ADV.
frequently
Definitions
adj
1
Characteristic of a husband; proper and fitting for a husband; marital.
One thing she still would not allow was that horrible erotic act which was a commonplace of American and European films, but she took complaisantly enough now to his other husbandly advances.
He strives for husbandly allure in slow-motion ballads: “Love You Gently” and the role-reversing “Trading Places,” in which he calls for her to be the aggressive one and offers to make breakfast the next morning.
2
Pertaining to a husbandman or husbandry.
3
Frugal; economical.
Even he that has the most of all is nevertheless oblig'd to be Frugal and Husbandly, and not to lavish or squander away what he has [...].
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
- wifely
- wifelike
- uxorial
Idioms & Phrases
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One thing she still would not allow was that horrible erotic act which was a commonplace of American and European films, but she took complaisantly enough now to his other husbandly advances.
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He strives for husbandly allure in slow-motion ballads: “Love You Gently” and the role-reversing “Trading Places,” in which he calls for her to be the aggressive one and offers to make breakfast the n
Wiktionary03
As a result, analogies between royal, paternal, and husbandly authority were frequently drawn.
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