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spousely

spousely adjective: befitting a spouse.

Adjective

spousely (comparative more spousely, superlative most spousely)

  1. Befitting a spouse.
    • When the time came, the husband would build a new house to which the old wife would retire with her children, while the new wife assumed the spousely role of homemaker.2009, Marc Rangel, Memories of Mosquitia, page 64
    • If the decretalists were concerned that prospective spouses be able to carry out their moral obligations, they were no less interested in preserving spousely rights after the conjugal knot was tied.1990, Julia Bolton Holloway, Constance S. Wright, Joan Bechtold, Equally in God's Image: Women in the Middle Ages, page 135

Forms of spousely

comparativemore spousely
superlativemost spousely

Origin of spousely

From spouse + -ly.

Questions about spousely

What does spousely mean?
Spousely means befitting a spouse.
What part of speech is spousely?
Spousely is an adjective.

Words near spousely in the dictionary

  1. spousedom
  2. spousehood
  3. spousehoods
  4. spouseless
  5. spouselessness
  6. spousely
  7. spouses
  8. spousess
  9. spousesses
  10. spouseware
  11. spousies

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