'Wifely' definitions:

Definition of 'wifely'

From: WordNet
adjective
Befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: wifely, wifelike, uxorial] [ant: husbandly]

Definition of 'Wifely'

From: GCIDE
  • Wifely \Wife"ly\, a. [AS. w[imac]flic.] Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife. "Wifely patience." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • With all the tenderness of wifely love. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]