| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A staying at home.[Websters]. | |
| Adjective | 1. Staying at home; not gadding.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb home-keepingly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (home-keepingly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective home-keeping.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HOME-KEEPING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references) |
