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wifeward

wifeward adverb: toward a wife or wives.

Adverb

wifeward (not comparable)

  1. Toward a wife or wives.
    • his thoughts went womanward and wifeward1905, Bram Stoker, The Man Chapter I
    • Then Belial Machiavelli saw
      ⁠Her error and, I trust, his own,
      Wired to the minion of the Law,
      ⁠And travelled wifeward—not alone:
      For Lilly—thirteen-two and bay—
      Came in a horse-box all the way.1919, Rudyard Kipling, The Mare's Nest

Origin of wifeward

From wife + -ward.

Questions about wifeward

What does wifeward mean?
Wifeward means toward a wife or wives.
What part of speech is wifeward?
Wifeward is an adverb.

Words near wifeward in the dictionary

  1. wifestyle
  2. wifestyles
  3. wifeswapper
  4. wifeswappers
  5. wifeswapping
  6. wifeward
  7. wifework
  8. wifey
  9. wifeys
  10. wiff-waff
  11. Wiffen

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