Synonyms of wifely

wifely

adjective

as in spousal

Related Words

• spousal
• bridal
• prenuptial
• betrothed
• marital
• promised
• pledged
• committed
• conjugal
• engaged
• affianced
• matrimonial
• married
• nuptial
• connubial
• matched
• mated
• espoused
• wedded

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wifely

Judd, who seems a decent man, wants to know how Agnes would exemplify her wifely duties. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026

Behold all of his wifely love, and then behold him, loving her. — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 20 June 2019

An even more incendiary interview surfaced online in March, in which Patterson can be heard boasting about having counseled an abused woman, who showed up to church with two black eyes, to submit to domestic violence as her wifely duty. — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 June 2018

To play Midge, Brosnahan consulted a stack of vintage Good Housekeeping magazines, clipping articles about wifely deportment. — Alexis Soloski, idahostatesman, 7 Jan. 2018