US /ˈhʌzbəndli/ UK /ˈhʌzbəndli/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    of or befitting a husband; marital

    He showed husbandly devotion in caring for his ailing wife.

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Synonyms
1 adj · of or befitting a husband;... maritalconjugalspousal
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Etymology

From husband + -ly. Husband is from Old English husbonda ('master of a household'), from Old Norse husbondi, from hus ('house') + bondi ('dweller, freeholder'), from bua ('to dwell').

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