Wife"less, a. Without a wife; unmarried. Chaucer.
Wife"like` (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or like, a wife or a woman. "
Wifelike government." Shak.
Wife"ly, a. [AS. wflic.] Becoming or life; of or pertaining to a wife.
"Wifely patience." Chaucer.
With all the tenderness of wifely love.
Dryden.