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Recent Examples of wifelyBehold 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wifely
spousal
Adjective
Instead, Mulroney is asking the court to grant him spousal support for the two children.
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Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
Additionally, the actor is requesting spousal support of an undetermined amount and asked the court to deny support payments for his estranged wife.
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