dictionary definitions for "manfully"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Manful \Man"ful\, a.
     Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous,
     resolute, noble. " Manful hardiness." --Chaucer. --
     Man"ful*ly, adv. -- Man"ful*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  manfully
      adv 1: in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a
             man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her
             burden and prepared to break up yet another home" [syn:
             manfully, manly] [ant: unmanfully, unmanly]


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