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housewifely

/hous-wahyf-lee/US // ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf li //UK // (ˈhaʊsˌwaɪflɪ) //

家庭主妇,家庭式的,家庭主妇式,主妇式

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, like, or befitting a housewife.

Examples

  • She is thoughtful and serious; the housewifely instinct is awaking in her bosom.

  • Besides the daily round of housewifely cares, every season brought its special duties.

  • She set to work in a very housewifely way to tidy up the house, Edna helping all she could.

  • It suggested so pleasantly the housewifely thrift and cleanliness of an earlier generation which she loved to copy.

  • Hence I gather that housewifely instincts in women may have uses hitherto undreamed of.