Husbandly

Word HUSBANDLY
Character 9
Hyphenation hus band ly
Pronunciations /ˈhʌzbəndli/

Definitions and meanings of "Husbandly"

What do we mean by husbandly?

Characteristic of a husband; proper and fitting for a husband; marital.

Pertaining to a husbandman or husbandry.

Frugal; economical.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Husbandly

The word "husbandly" in example sentences

For instance, Hoke's response to Daisy's complaints can easily come across as a father talking to a child, so Falcone said she had to make sure his reactions had a more "husbandly" feeling to draw the right effect. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Guiccioli also noisily exercised his husbandly right to sex with Teresa, making Byron intensely jealous. ❋ Unknown (2011)

When my husband is not here to perform his husbandly duties, so to speak, I need to find my endorphins elsewhere and running delivers them quickly & plentifully. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Both imposed strict standards of decorum that upheld husbandly authority. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I can imagine Brand's tweet coming from a place of pure husbandly love. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Worst Husband Moment: When Charlotte tries to seduce Humbert, the only way he can fulfill his husbandly duties is by staring at a framed picture of Lolita. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His visits to the Lord of the Rings slash archive sometimes allowed him to perform with more enthusiasm when discharging his husbandly duties. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Weel then, if your wife here-ye could tell me her name at least, Jamie, I swear you've no manners at all-anyway, if she was to give ye similar treatment-and richly you deserve it, I might add-d'ye think you'd be able to perform your husbandly duties a few minutes later?" ❋ Unknown (2010)

“She said I was to lie back and close my eyes and the earl”—Emma could not quite suppress her shudder—“my husband would simply fold the hem of my nightdress up a few inches—after the lamps were extinguished, of course—and perform his husbandly duty.” ❋ Teresa Medeiros (2010)

“Drilling for oil, digging for gold, performing your husbandly duties?” ❋ Don Winslow (2010)

Clearly he was ticked in a way that was barely controllable, barely presidential, but very husbandly. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And my sweet little girl, home from daycare since Wednesday while HBF is off doing husbandly things, is determined that my incapacities not interfere with her pursuit of world domination. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Everyone has been calling and wishing Chris well; my BFF wished him a mazel tov on becoming a Jew (heh heh), and many people (well, mostly guys) have had the same question: when can Chris resume his husbandly duties? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Even if Gervaise could have performed his husbandly rights, he would not have tainted our relationship. ❋ Sharie Kohler (2010)

I guess he's too old and too husbandly to get a coup;le of bimbos to report him for slightly ungfentlemanly behaviour. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Though no paragon of husbandly virtues, Connery may be on to something. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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