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  • adjective Not wifelike.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ wifelike

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Examples

  • I can't be so unwifelike after all; for I am sure nothing makes me feel so small and foolish as that humility of his!

    The Heir of Redclyffe Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

  • "Doubtless it is hard for _you_ to imagine any woman guilty of such unwifelike conduct.

    The Two Wives 1847

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