Meanings
adjectiveunwifely (comparative more unwifely, superlative most unwifely)
comparative more unwifely · superlative most unwifely
- 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, Aftermath1 more example
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
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unwifely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwifely
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“unwifely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwifely. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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