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housewifely

[ UK /hˈa‍ʊswa‍ɪfli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. related or suited to a housewife
    housewifely virtues

How To Use housewifely In A Sentence

  • Each receipt is an act of maternal and housewifely earnestness. The English Civil War: A People's History
  • housewifely virtues
  • My households suffer from neglect rather than housewifely pride. Times, Sunday Times
  • It used to be the stuff of housewifely fantasies - now it's something young professionals can take for granted.
  • Their continued popularity is, I suspect, due to their unfashionable, housewifely nature.
  • Then there are the usual housewifely chores - planning the menu, getting odd jobs done around the house.
  • She recalls her mother's initial disappointment when she abandoned architecture to take up cooking - a career that had a housewifely ring to it.
  • Cheerful they were withal, for they soon began to flit hither and thither, following the motions of Jean's "eident hand" with most housewifely care. Olive A Novel
  • In previous eras girls usually followed a distinctive curriculum, such as the polite accomplishments or the housewifely curriculum or cultural studies or domestic science courses.
  • It was a pleasure to see the housewifely way in which Mr Wilson set about everything.
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