housewifely

adj

Etymology: From Middle English *houswyfely, *houswijfli, *houswiflich, suggested by houswifliche (adverb), equivalent to housewife + -ly.

1. Befitting a housewife.

   “[…] to make the yong women sobre minded, to loue their husbands to loue their children, to be discrete, chaste, housewifely, good and obediente vnto theyr owne husbands […]”

   “A wholesome good housewifely Countrey Wench is worth a thousand of you, in sadness.”