Manfully
['mænfəli]
Definition
(adv.) in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man; 'having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home'.
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Examples
- You speak so feelingly and so manfully, Charles Darnay, that I thank you with all my heart, and will open all my heart--or nearly so. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I turned manfully to the future. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Manfully and rightfully hath it been done, said the Grand Master. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In Rome, as in Jerusalem, he stood out manfully against the worship of any god-C?sar. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Roderigo rent his chains asunder manfully, and Hugo died in agonies of remorse and arsenic, with a wild, Ha! Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He lost his confidence in that free judgment for which he had stood up so manfully. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- John Brooke did his duty manfully for a year, got wounded, was sent home, and not allowed to return. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She described to us how tenderly he had taken leave of her, and how manfully and quietly he had borne himself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- 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. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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