huswifely

Adjective

 * 1)  Like or of a huswife; capable; economical; prudent.
 * 2) * 1568, et al. (translators), ,  12.4,
 * A huswifely woman is a crowne vnto her husbande: but she that behaueth her selfe vnhonestly, is as corruption in his bones.
 * 1) * 1621,, , Oxford: Henry Cripps, Partition 3, Section 2, Member 5, Subsection 3, pp.649-650,
 * In taking a dowre thou loosest thy liberty, hazardest thine estate; thou hadst better haue taken a good huswifely maid in her smocke.
 * 1) * 1816,, “,” review published in , 3March, 1816, in A View of the English Stage; or, A Series of Dramatic Criticisms, London: John Warren, 1821, p.246,
 * We ought not to omit, that she cries her chickens in a good shrill huswifely market-voice, as if she would drive a good bargain with them.
 * We ought not to omit, that she cries her chickens in a good shrill huswifely market-voice, as if she would drive a good bargain with them.

Adverb

 * 1)  In the manner of a huswife; capably; economically; prudently.
 * 2) * 1573,, Fiue Hundreth Points of Good Husbandry, London: Richard Tottill, “Enstructions to Huswiferie,”
 * This care hath a huswife all daye in her hed,
 * that all thing in season be huswifely fed.