husbandly

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈhʌzbəndli/

Adjective

husbandly

1. Characteristic of a husband; proper and fitting for a husband; marital.
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 211:

     As a result, analogies between royal, paternal, and husbandly authority were frequently drawn.

2. (obsolete) Pertaining to a husbandman or husbandry.
3. (obsolete) Frugal; economical.

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