unwifely en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + wifely.
Meanings
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Not wifely.
Yet every day the theme of this old troubadour's talk around the hotels is female entanglements--mendacious, unwifely, and for him unavailing.
1899, James Lane Allen, Aftermath:He reproached his wife with unwifely disobedience, and with the crime of turning her own offspring against his father, and the two but mocked him!
1897, Stanley Waterloo, A Man and a Woman:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unwifely | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unwifely | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |