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Unwisely vs Unwifely - What's the difference?

unwisely | unwifely |

As an adverb unwisely

is in an unwise manner; foolishly.

As an adjective unwifely is

not wifely.

unwisely

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In an unwise manner; foolishly.

    • unwifely

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not wifely.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1897, author=Stanley Waterloo, title=A Man and a Woman, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=He reproached his wife with unwifely disobedience, and with the crime of turning her own offspring against his father, and the two but mocked him! }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1899, author=James Lane Allen, title=Aftermath, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Yet every day the theme of this old troubadour's talk around the hotels is female entanglements--mendacious, unwifely , and for him unavailing. }}