manful
having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
Origin of manful
1synonym study For manful
Other words from manful
- man·ful·ly, adverb
- man·ful·ness, noun
- un·man·ful, adjective
- un·man·ful·ly, adverb
- un·man·ful·ness, noun
Words Nearby manful
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How to use manful in a sentence
In Roosevelt’s scheme of things, imperialism was a necessary “manly” duty that American men needed to take up, or risk letting the reins of global power be seized by a “more manful race.”
Empires and ‘Effeminate Men.’ After Britain and America, It’s China’s Turn to Worry about Masculinity | Debasish Roy Chowdhury | September 10, 2021 | TimeHe sat on my lap in rehearsals and made fearlessly manful eye contact while chatting after the show.
On the ninth day, Bruce abandoned his engines, and delivered a general assault; but still the besieged made manful defence.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThus the word is not a vague epithet: the words simply mean, that the manful exertions of Machaon were arrested.
Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 | W. E. GladstoneThat's not a bad name for a warrior, sounding much more manful and valiant than Deerslayer!
The Deerslayer | James Fenimore Cooper
And I make my oath that I never beheld so fierce and manful a combat in all of my life.
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table | Howard PyleThey were all soldiers—he said—in the trenches under the poisonous gas of the Prince of Darkness, and must be manful.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III. | John Galsworthy
British Dictionary definitions for manful
/ (ˈmænfʊl) /
a less common word for manly
Derived forms of manful
- manfully, adverb
- manfulness, noun
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