manful
adjective
having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
manfully
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a word derived from
manful.
Example Sentences
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Criticized by Yankee pacifists for resorting to violence, Clay replied, “how then can you ask me to go unarmed and yet manfully vindicate those doctrines which every where have been denounced with death?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025
Its role models are those upper-class officers in First World War films, who went manfully over the top armed with a whistle and a revolver.
From Salon ● Jan. 23, 2022
“Joe Denly as Gareth, slightly out of his depth but manfully refusing to recognise it.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2019
In return, her husband's manfully boasts: "Nicole, I love you more than bacon."
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2017
The cabin boy wet his brush and scrubbed on manfully.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
