husbandly

1 8.6

Caring and responsible in family and home life

adjective
/ˈhʌzbəndli/

: marital

Completing household chores is just one of his husbandly responsibilities.
husbandly duties

I mean, I had a glass, but I needed to get home for some husbandly duties.

Examples

I mean, I had a glass, but I needed to get home for some husbandly duties.

Gas Monkey Garage
This is a husbandly pose for Sami.

The Tiger Hunter (2017)
Then we've got the husband doing husbandly things, having husbandly conversations with his inner voices.
"I'm in the Mood for Love") During the six weeks we'd been married,... ..l successfully avoided most of my husbandly duties.

Lolita (1997)
He feels it is his husbandly duty to support his wife in her career.
She appreciates his husbandly gestures, like cooking dinner and helping with the kids.

Antonyms

wifely

6 7.1

Actions a married woman usually does to care for her family

How Husbandly

devoted

185 3.4

supportive

335 2.8

husbandly

1 8.6

distant

86 4.9

uninvolved

1 4.4

Surface Forms

husbandly positive

Morphology

husbandly = husband (transparent) = husband + ly

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'husband' with the productive suffix '-ly', yielding 'characteristic of or appropriate for a husband', which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Husbandly comes from husband, which long ago meant the 'master of the house' and comes from old words for house and 'one who lives there'. So husbandly describes the caring, responsible way a householder or spouse looks after the home and family.