单词 | manfully |
释义 | manfullyadv. 1. In a manful manner; with manly courage or resolution, bravely, valiantly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > manliness > [adverb] manlyOE manfullyc1425 manlikelya1530 manlike1577 viriliously1632 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) i. 1450 (MED) Whan þe kyng had herkned ceryously Þentent of Iason, þat seide so manfully, He stynt a litel. a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 57 Drede not..but do manfully. c1450 (?a1400) Sege Melayne (1880) 1240 (MED) This day wirke þou Manfully With thi nobill Cheualry. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Hvjv He manfullye defended him self in battayl. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Macc. ix. 10 Let vs die manfully for our brethren. View more context for this quotation 1715 Boston News-let. 6 June 2/2 He so Manfully engag'd the Enemy as to make them fly their Fort. 1782 W. Cowper John Gilpin 76 Then over all..His long red cloak, well brush'd and neat, He manfully did throw. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlviii. 141 The Greeks..continued to fight manfully. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 50 Bishop Hooper, who died manfully at Gloucester for his religion. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 219 The labour was enormous, but it was manfully and cheerfully done. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William iii. 71 The butler advanced manfully and opened the pantry door. 1964 E. Bowen Little Girls ii. vii. 138 Fathers knelt down.., interposing their forms..,manfully, between the flames and the blowy draught. 1990 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 10 May 28/3 Mr Smith..manfully tried to keep a straight face in the course of his duty. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > honourableness > [adverb] truec1300 truly1387 honourablyc1390 honourable?a1425 honestly1526 manfully1579 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 909/1 To say, walk on, behaue your selues manfully: and go cleane kam ourselues like crevises. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. i. 27 I kil'd a man, whose death I much repent, But yet I slew him manfully, in fight. View more context for this quotation This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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