housewifely
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- housewifeliness noun
- unhousewifely adjective
Etymology
Origin of housewifely
Example Sentences
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Imagine Mamie Eisenhower’s housewifely 1950s fringe somehow transformed into a must-have subculture statement.
From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2019
Ms. Moore transformed and tamed the vaudeville style that had dominated sitcoms, perfecting a comic housewifely hysteria in Laura, made visible in the way she often appeared to be fighting back tears.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2017
Actually, Ms. Essman doesn’t waste much time on Anna’s housewifely activities.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2015
Blondie began life as a sharp-tongued flapper, but she soon settled down to suburban housewifely routine and is still the most widely read strip.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Fired with a housewifely wish to see her storeroom stocked with homemade preserves, she undertook to put up her own currant jelly.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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