ad. With or as with the care of a steward; prudently; providently.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ad. In a manner, or with the care, of a steward.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
With or as with the care of a steward; prudently; providently.
Managing; careful; provident.
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."