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Meaning of "wifeliness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WIFELINESS

wifeliness  [ˈwaɪflɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WIFELINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wifeliness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WIFELINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wifeliness in the English dictionary

The definition of wifeliness in the dictionary is the qualities considered fitting for a wife.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WIFELINESS


comeliness
ˈkʌmlɪnɪs
deadliness
ˈdedlɪnɪs
friendliness
ˈfrɛndlɪnɪs
godliness
ˈɡɒdlɪnɪs
holiness
ˈhəʊlɪnɪs
kindliness
ˈkaɪndlɪnɪs
liveliness
ˈlaɪvlɪnɪs
loveliness
ˈlʌvlɪnɪs
lowliness
ˈləʊlɪnɪs
manliness
ˈmænlɪnɪs
oiliness
ˈɔɪlɪnɪs
shapeliness
ˈʃeɪplɪnɪs
shoaliness
ˈʃəʊlɪnɪs
silliness
ˈsɪlɪnɪs
timeliness
ˈtaɪmlɪnɪs
ugliness
ˈʌɡlɪnɪs
ungodliness
ʌnˈɡɒdlɪnɪs
user-friendliness
ˌjuːzəˈfrendlɪnɪs
womanliness
ˈwʊmənlɪnɪs
worldliness
ˈwɜːldlɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WIFELINESS

wife
wife batterer
wife swapping
wife-beater
wife-beating
wife-swapping
wife´s equity
wifedom
wifehood
wifeless
wifelike
wifely
wifey
wifie
wifty
wig
wig out
Wig.
Wigan
wigeon

WORDS THAT END LIKE WIFELINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
core business
craziness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
happiness
laziness
loneliness
readiness
rough-and-readiness
show business
trustworthiness

Synonyms and antonyms of wifeliness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wifeliness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WIFELINESS

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The translations of wifeliness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wifeliness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

wifeliness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

wifeliness
570 millions of speakers

English

wifeliness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

wifeliness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

wifeliness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

wifeliness
278 millions of speakers

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wifeliness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

wifeliness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

wifeliness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kegembiraan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wifeliness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

wifeliness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

wifeliness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wifeliness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

wifeliness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

wifeliness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वायफळपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

wifeliness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

wifeliness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wifeliness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

wifeliness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wifeliness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

wifeliness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wifeliness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

wifeliness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wifeliness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wifeliness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WIFELINESS»

The term «wifeliness» is used very little and occupies the 181.252 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WIFELINESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «wifeliness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «wifeliness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wifeliness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WIFELINESS»

Discover the use of wifeliness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wifeliness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Violence in the City of Women: Police and Batterers in ...
It draws upon the contrast between women tied to wifeliness versus those who have “escaped” into separation and autonomy as a way to analytically tie the neighborhood and police station ethnographies together. Women tied to legitimacy ...
Sarah J. Hautzinger, 2007
2
Hindu Wife, Hindu Nation: Community, Religion, and Cultural ...
She explores the proto-nationalist novels of Bankimchandra Chattopadhyaya as well as scandal literature, rumors, women's memoirs, and the popular press of colonial times for the ""subaltern"" ideas that have shaped contemporary India.
Tanika Sarkar, 2010
3
How Does She Do It?
In her starched wifeliness, she stirs our primal cravings for a time when Dinah Shore roamed the earth. In a conservative, spiritual, family-centric moment, Kathie Lee is all three. A deft melder of traditional and free-market values, she has at 42 ...
4
A New Atmosphere
... at the point of their grandest achievement, to do honor to a woman, the first two vindicating the intellect of wifeliness, the last the wifeliness of intellect ; all breathing a magnanimity in whose presence no smallness can be so much as named ...
‎1872
5
A new atmosphere
... at the point of their grandest achievement, to do honor to a woman, the first two vindicating the intellect of wifeliness, the last the wifeliness of intellect ; all breathing a magnanimity in whose presence no smallness can be so much as named ...
Mary Abigail Dodge, 1865
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Vital Matters: Eighteenth-century Views of Conception, Life, ...
Rather than locating wifeliness in some essential substance, and rather than extirpating a wife's cognitive faculties, Fielding exploits empirical premises to collapse wifeliness and what The History of Ophelia will claim as the uncorrupted origin ...
Mary Terrall, Helen Deutsch, 2012
7
Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century
Standard domestic skills were only a secondary component of wifeliness, which was a service occupation calling for the competence and cajolery of a Mata Hari. " 'I hear so much talk nowadays about being typically feminine," a young woman  ...
Laura Shapiro, 2008
8
The Spirit of Chinese Philosophy
This is the tao of earth, the tao of wifeliness, the tao of ministership.” The earth, the wife, the minister, have docility as the right course for them : hence, they all come under the K4un. It is the symbol of each one of them. The judgments which  ...
Fung Yu-Lan, 2013
9
Holy Harlots: Femininity, Sexuality, and Black Magic in Brazil
Given the high social tolerance for male infidelity and a structure of gender norms that associates moral femininity with wifeliness, women like Nazaré have few other resources to mobilize against an unfaithful husband. In situations like this ...
Kelly E. Hayes, 2011
10
Mother Is Gold, Father Is Glass: Gender and Colonialism in a ...
However, they both focus on the image of “wifeliness.” Considering the varied women and men who acted as “mothers,” “fathers,” “husbands,” and “wives” highlights the profound power of symbolism and culture in defining gender identities ...
Lorelle D. Semley, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WIFELINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wifeliness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Victoria: Queen, Matriarch, Empress, by Jane Ridley
Ridley deals well with Victoria's struggle to reconcile queenhood with wifeliness while Albert lived. Even in the depths of her 40-year grief after his unexpected ... «Times Higher Education, Jul 15»
2
Has the role of the wife really changed that much?
After what I've been hearing about wifeliness, I'm starting to think this annual pay-out for eye-wateringly wealthy Upper East Side New York mommies might be ... «Irish Examiner, Jun 15»
3
The Next Season of ABC's The Bachelorette Will Be a Deathmatch
While there is no clear plan as to how they will determine superior wifeliness, we're sure ABC is already considering pitting the two women against each other in ... «New York Magazine, Mar 15»
4
Finn not really the new Will, but he helps ease the loss of Good Wife …
Now into its sixth season, the series is still a favourite of audiences and critics, even though Alicia is not behaving with particular goodness (or wifeliness) these ... «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jan 15»
5
Matthew Goode Makes Mark In 'The Good Wife'
Now into its sixth season, the series is still a favorite of audiences and critics, even though Alicia is not behaving with particular goodness (or wifeliness) these ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
6
Magwatch: Agony and ecstasy, again, for Kidman and Lawrence
Magwatch cannot say that "always bending over backwards" to support your husband isn't a sterling symbol of wifeliness. But it can't be practical. It must be ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Dec 14»
7
Jen Doll's 'Save the Date'
... not always follow the cradle-to-altar path laid out by Shakespeare and Disney, and alternatives to wifeliness are not limited to penury or laudanum overdose. «New York Times, May 14»
8
Beyonce and Obama: The new feminism
"We have to remember how new that is in terms of what wifeliness is supposed to be." The president and first lady are an "equally matched couple in terms of ... «Hamilton Spectator, Feb 14»
9
Michelle Obama and Beyoncé: Friends and feminists?
“We have to remember how new that is in terms of what wifeliness is supposed to be.” The president and first lady are an “equally matched couple in terms of ... «Washington Post, Jan 14»
10
Beyoncé, O2 Arena, London – review
Beyoncé ended by offering an example of powerful wifeliness – she cut Jay-Z's rap from her storming rendition of “Crazy in Love”. Evidently I wasn't the only man ... «Financial Times, Apr 13»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Wifeliness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/wifeliness>. May 2024 ».
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