spousely
English
Etymology
spouse + -ly
Adjective
spousely (comparative more spousely, superlative most spousely)
- Befitting a spouse.
- 2009, Marc Rangel, Memories of Mosquitia (page 64)
- 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.
- 1990, Julia Bolton Holloway, Constance S. Wright, Joan Bechtold, Equally in God's Image: Women in the Middle Ages (page 135)
- 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.
- 2009, Marc Rangel, Memories of Mosquitia (page 64)
Hyponyms
- husbandly
- wifely
Related terms
- spousal
- spousally