manfully
/mˈænfəli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a manful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a man, such as strength, courage, and determination.
Example Sentences
- "[…] Apollyon wounded him in his head, his hand and foot; this made Chriſtian give a little back: Apollyon therefore followed his work amain, and Chriſtian again took courage, and reſiſted as manfully as he could."
- "Dinner was ready; they sat down, and ate and drank manfully."
- "She manfully struggled on, however - womanfully would perhaps be a stronger and more appropriate word. She had to calculate not only how to play her own hand correctly, but she had to calculate on her partner's probable errors."
- "One (ant) struggled manfully by with a dead spider five times as big as itself in its arms."
- ""Whilst he was sawing the beam, however, a fire broke out among the debris around him, and though he persevered most manfully, and continued until he was himself badly scorched, it was impossible for him to save Beale, who probably died from suffocation.""
- "YOUR SON WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED WHEN SHOT DOWN IN HANOI BUT HAS MADE FINE RECOVERY AND NOW, ACCORDING THIS GROUP, LOOKS "QUITE WELL." HE HAS BEEN EVERYTHING YOU WANT YOUR SON TO BE AND HAS STOOD UP MANFULLY AGAINST ALL EFFORTS TO PERSUADE HIM TO UTTER TRAITOROUS STATEMENTS."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more manfully (comparative)
most manfully (superlative)