wifelike

American  

[wahyf-lahyk] / ˈwaɪfˌlaɪk /

adjective

1. wifely.

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adverb

1. in a manner befitting a wife.

Other Word Forms

• unwifelike adjective

Etymology

Origin of wifelike

First recorded in 1590–1600; wife + -like

Example Sentences

Then he became ill and she began taking over his finances — a bit too wifelike for him.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2010

And Catherine smiled through the tears that were trembling in her eyes, at the half sad, half playful words; and a wifelike glance of trustfulness told how very dear he was.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851 by Various

Perhaps she had been too wifelike in her manner, and therefore he had feared.

From He Fell in Love with His Wife by Roe, Edward Payson

Sir Lucius and Lady Aphrodite Grafton were indeed on the best possible terms, and the whole county admired his conjugal attentions and her wifelike affections.

From The Young Duke by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

I am delicate about the figures, for Mrs O'D. occasionally reads these sketches, and might feel a wifelike antipathy to a record of this nature.

From Cornelius O'Dowd Upon Men And Women And Other Things In General by Lever, Charles James