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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin uxorius Date: 1800 of, relating to, or characteristic of a wife

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. of or relating to a wife.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Uxorial Ux*o"ri*al, a. [See Uxorious.] Dotingly fond of, or servilely submissive to, a wife; uxorious; also, becoming a wife; pertaining to a wife. [R.] The speech [of Zipporah, Ex. iv. 25] is not a speech of reproach or indignation, but of uxorial endearment. --Geddes.