spousely

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English

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Etymology

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From spouse +‎ -ly.

Adjective

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spousely (comparative more spousely, superlative most spousely)

  1. Befitting a spouse.
    • 2009, Marc Rangel, Memories of Mosquitia, page 64:
      When the time came, the husband would build a new house to which the old wife would retire with her children, while the new wife assumed the spousely role of homemaker.
    • 1990, Julia Bolton Holloway, Constance S. Wright, Joan Bechtold, Equally in God's Image: Women in the Middle Ages, page 135:
      If the decretalists were concerned that prospective spouses be able to carry out their moral obligations, they were no less interested in preserving spousely rights after the conjugal knot was tied.

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