husbandly

UK /ˈhʌzbəndli/ US /ˈhʌzbəndli/
adj 3

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 [...].

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