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Definition of Husbandly

1. Adjective. Befitting or characteristic of a husband.

2. Adjective. Related to or suited to a husband. "Assumed husbandly duties like mowing the lawn"

Definition of Husbandly

1. a. Frugal; thrifty.

Definition of Husbandly

1. Adjective. Having the characteristics of a husband. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Husbandly

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Husbandly

hurtlingly hurts hurty husband husband-in-law husband-wife privilege husbandable husbandage husbanded husbander

husbanders husbandhood husbanding husbandless husbandlike husbandly (current term) husbandman husbandmen husbandries husbandry

husbands hush hush-hush hush down hush kit hush kits hush money hush one's mouth hush puppy hush up

Literary usage of Husbandly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"TUSSER, Good husbandly Lesson*. husbandly Fare. " Now leeks are in season, for pottage full good, And spareth the milch cow, and purgeth the blood ; These ..."

2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... slang or 2. husbandly (less formal). mark, n. I. See AIM, OBJECT. 2. Referring to a thing shot at: target (primarily spec.); spec, butt (orig. archery), ..."

3. The New England Gazetteer: Containing Descriptions of the States, Counties by John Hayward (1857)
"The inhabitants of the two latter are not numerous, are chiefly occupied with the pursuits of husbandly, and are distinguished for their habits of industry ..."

4. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted, to by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"husbandly, inclusive of the keeping or breeding of Live Stock, Poultry, or Bees, and the growth of Fruit, Vegetables, and the like" (s. 20). ..."

5. Christmas with the Poets: A Collection of Songs, Carols, and Descriptive by Henry Vizetelly, Miles Birket Foster (1851)
"... CHRISTMAS husbandly FARE. (THOMAS TUSSER,) GOOD husband and housewife, now chiefly be glad Things handsome to have, as they ought to be ..."

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