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English
Etymology
From Middle English *houswyfely, *houswijfli, *houswiflich, suggested by houswifliche (adverb), equivalent to housewife + -ly.
Adjective
housewifely (comparative more housewifely, superlative most housewifely)
- Befitting a housewife.
c. 1550, Thomas Becon, “A generalle prayer that all Men may walke in their voacion and callynge”, in The Flour of Godly Praiers, London: John Day:[…] 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 […]
1676, Thomas Shadwell, The Virtuoso, London: Henry Herringman, act I, page 12:A wholesome good housewifely Countrey Wench is worth a thousand of you, in sadness.
1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter 18, in The Mayor of Casterbridge, volume 2, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 240:[…] her stepfather […] waited on, looking into the fire and keeping the kettle boiling with housewifely care, as if it were an honour to have her in his house.
1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 31, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York: Bantam, published 1971, page 207:[…] I thought my father was mean and cruel. He had enjoyed his Mexican holiday, and still was unable to proffer a bit of kindness to the woman who had waited patiently, busying herself with housewifely duties.
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