Definition of "wifeliness" [wifeliness]

• The condition of being wifely (noun)

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• "Here was an unfussy assertion that her identity was multifaceted, and that in that formulation at least, her wifeliness came third to children and career."
• "A woman not only young enough to be his daughter, but whose wifeliness has yet to run up against those domestic responsibilities that furrow the brow and blight the marital romance."
• "I had my doubts about Ruthie -- she seemed a little too assertive of how she adored you, too _public_ about it for it to be real -- forgive me, I didn't say anything because you loved her -- but this one makes Ruthie look like the queen of wifeliness."