wifeward

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adverb

Toward a wife or wives.

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Meanings

adverbwifeward (not comparable)
  1. not comparableToward a wife or wives.

    1905, Bram Stoker, The Man Chapter I his thoughts went womanward and wifeward

    1 more example

    Then Belial Machiavelli saw ⁠Her error and, I trust, his own, Wired to the minion of the Law, ⁠And travelled wifeward—not alone: For Lilly—thirteen-two and bay— Came in a horse-box all the way.

    1919, Rudyard Kipling, The Mare's Nest

Origin

From wife + -ward.

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APA

wifeward. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wifeward

MLA

“wifeward.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wifeward. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wifeward,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wifeward.

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