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unwifeliness

unwifeliness noun: the condition of being unwifely.

Noun

unwifeliness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being unwifely.
    • Say to him, that I thank him heartily, and that nothing has so contributed to my present Happiness as his constant, grave, though indirect Testimony against my past Unwifeliness, never seeming to see that Aught was amiss, and ever taking it, as it were, for granted, that I was what I ought to be...1867, [Charlotte Mary Yonge], The Danvers Papers: An Invention, London: Macmillan and Co., pages 130–131
    • Her unwifeliness was astounding; it was so astounding that Louis did not all at once quite realize how dangerously he was wounded by it.1914, Arnold Bennett, The Price of Love, page 338

Origin of unwifeliness

From unwifely + -ness.

Questions about unwifeliness

What does unwifeliness mean?
Unwifeliness means the condition of being unwifely.
What part of speech is unwifeliness?
Unwifeliness is a noun.

Words near unwifeliness in the dictionary

  1. unwieldsome
  2. unwieldy
  3. unwieldyness
  4. unwifed
  5. unwifelike
  6. unwifeliness
  7. unwifely
  8. unwig
  9. unwigged
  10. unwigging
  11. unwiggings

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