manful
adjective
having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
manfulness
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a word derived from
manful.
Example Sentences
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Hence, liars, and scoundrels, and vulgar bullies abound, and men skulk and grin, and play the double-face, till they lose all manfulness.
From Ardath by Marie Corelli
To attack, to repel, to protect, to perform some deed demanding manfulness, energy, free, fearless strength.
From Bye-Ways by Robert Smythe Hichens
"I'll tell you what I wish, Miss Holabird!" he said suddenly, letting go his moustache, and turning round with sufficient manfulness, and facing her.
From Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
Unspeakable deliverance, and new destiny of thousand-fold expanded manfulness for all men, dawns out of the Future here.
From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle
"No, no, Nancy," he replied with a manful struggle for manfulness, "I—I —It's meant, I reckon," and slunk away from the girl's brutality as if it were his own shame.
From The Leatherwood God by William Dean Howells
