Recent Examples on the WebBehold 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
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of wifely was before the 12th century