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unwifely

unwifely adjective: not wifely.

Adjective

unwifely (comparative more unwifely, superlative most unwifely)

  1. Not wifely.
    • He reproached his wife with unwifely disobedience, and with the crime of turning her own offspring against his father, and the two but mocked him!1897, Stanley Waterloo, A Man and a Woman
    • Yet every day the theme of this old troubadour's talk around the hotels is female entanglements--mendacious, unwifely, and for him unavailing.1899, James Lane Allen, Aftermath

Forms of unwifely

comparativemore unwifely
superlativemost unwifely

Origin of unwifely

From un- + wifely.

Words formed from unwifely

Questions about unwifely

What does unwifely mean?
Unwifely means not wifely.
What part of speech is unwifely?
Unwifely is an adjective.

Words near unwifely in the dictionary

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

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