MANFULLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does manfully mean? 

• MANFULLY (adverb)
  The adverb MANFULLY has 1 sense:

1. in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man

  Familiarity information: MANFULLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANFULLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man

Synonyms:

manfully; manly

Context example:

having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home

Antonym:

unmanfully (without qualities thought to befit a man)

Pertainym:

manful (possessing qualities befitting a man)

 Context examples 

She described to us how tenderly he had taken leave of her, and how manfully and quietly he had borne himself.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

"I'd take it manfully, and be respected if I couldn't be loved," said Amy, with the decision of one who knew nothing about it.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I saw it going into your house as I came by, and if she hadn't defended it manfully I'd have had a pick at it, for it looked like a remarkably plummy one.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

John Brooke did his duty manfully for a year, got wounded, was sent home, and not allowed to return.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Roderigo rent his chains asunder manfully, and Hugo died in agonies of remorse and arsenic, with a wild, "Ha! Ha!"

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He did his best and did it manfully, but I don't think he found that a pair of rampant boys, a pipe, or even the divine Plato, were very satisfactory substitutes for wife and child at home.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Jo, who refused, thinking there might not be enough, for they dwindled sadly after the picking over, glanced at Laurie, but he was eating away manfully, though there was a slight pucker about his mouth and he kept his eye fixed on his plate.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)