Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wifely \Wife"ly\, a. [AS. w[=i]flic.]
   Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife. ``Wifely
   patience.'' --Chaucer.

         With all the tenderness of wifely love.  --Dryden.

Source : WordNet®

wifely
     adj : of or befitting or characteristic of a wife [syn: {wifelike},
            {uxorial}] [ant: {husbandly}]