Usually means: With courage, strength, and resilience.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word manfully:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. manfully: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. manfully: Merriam-Webster
  3. manfully: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. manfully: Collins English Dictionary
  5. manfully: Vocabulary.com
  6. Manfully, manfully: Wordnik
  7. manfully: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. manfully: Wiktionary
  9. manfully: Dictionary.com
  10. manfully: Rhymezone
  11. manfully: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. manfully: FreeDictionary.org
  13. manfully: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. manfully: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Manfully: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adverb:  In a manful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a man, such as strength, courage, and determination.

Similar:
manly, manwise, masculinely, mannishly, womanfully, brawnily, strengthfully, valiantly, gallantly, mightily, more...

Opposite:
effeminately, unmanfully, timidly, weakly

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Similar:
manly, manwise, masculinely, mannishly, womanfully, brawnily, strengthfully, valiantly, gallantly, mightily, more...

Opposite:
effeminately, unmanfully, timidly, weakly



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