wifely / ˈwaɪf li /

⭐基础词汇妻子式的妻子的妻子般的妻子式

wifely 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective

wife·li·er, wife·li·est.

  1. of, like, or befitting a wife.

更多wifely例句

  1. He seems to have, at least if nothing else, a woman who flirts with him with a wifely confidence.
  2. They seem less afraid of her hard power than they were of her soft, behind-the-scenes, wifely power.
  3. Moreover, wifely adoration was particularly bad for clergymen, who were far too much inclined already to give themselves airs.
  4. Mrs. Joe ran for his overcoat and best hat, gave him a wifely kiss, and watched him depart from the low brown door-way.
  5. Then, with true wifely instinct she sought to cheer him up with pleasing prattle of a new bonnet he had promised her.
  6. Mme. Fauvel's resistance grew weaker and more faint, as her niece pointed out the line for her to pursue: the path of wifely duty.
  7. Yet the lady of the Van Pool, whatever her practice, had in theory some relics of old-fashioned wifely duty.