Stewardly

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Managing; careful; provident.
  • With or as with the care of a steward; prudently; providently.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. In a manner, or with the care, of a steward.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Befitting a steward.
  • adjective. Managing; careful; provident.
  • adverb. With or as with the care of a steward; prudently; providently.
  • Word Usage
    "If she could nurture his inadequacies and keep him in a stewardly frame of mind, maybe one day he would make an obedient husband for somebody like his father was to her, she told herself."