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Meaning of widowery | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

widowerhood

rare, uncountable

Examples

“February 13 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, letter to C. W. Stoddard My wife is at Bath with my father and mother, and the interval of widowery explains my writing.”

“In her version of Donne's famous Holy Sonnet X composed in his widowery: […]”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

widowess widowfinch widowhead Widowhood Widowhoods widowity