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Husbandly

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Hus´band`ly
a.1.Frugal; thrifty.
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Adj.1.husbandly - befitting or characteristic of a husband
uxorial, wifelike, wifely - befitting or characteristic of a wife
2.husbandly - related to or suited to a husband; "assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn"
domestic - of or involving the home or family; "domestic worries"; "domestic happiness"; "they share the domestic chores"; "everything sounded very peaceful and domestic"; "an author of blood-and-thunder novels yet quite domestic in his taste"


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Clare came in, embraced his wife in true, orthodox, husbandly fashion, and then presented to her his cousin.
 
 
 
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