wively

English

Etymology

From Middle English wifly, equivalent to wife +‎ -ly.

Adjective

wively (comparative more wively, superlative most wively)

  1. Obsolete form of wifely.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Nicholas Udall to this entry?)
    • 2004, Journal of Historical Research, volume 46-48, page 49:
      Hence, self sacrifice like that of original Sati became a divine example of wively devotion, the best measure of judging the women's virtue as well as her loyalty towards her husband.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wively in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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