manfullyman‧ful‧ly /ˈmænfəli/ adverb old-fashioned

- Away in the far comer a three piece band was manfully trying to make itself heard above the din.
- He walked on manfully, cutting down Springfield Road towards London Road.
- He weeps for her at home instead of, say, manfully getting on the road and chasing after her.
- In any case, although the outing was not easy for her she enjoyed it, and stepped out manfully.
- Inevitably, although I struggled manfully with the work, I excelled in nothing.
- My father gazed at me manfully.
- They pose manfully in some anonymous public space.
- To expect them to stride manfully towards independence is rather like asking them to dive before they have been taught to swim.
nounmanmanhoodmankindadjectivemanly ≠ unmanlymanned ≠ unmannedmannishverbmanadverbmanfully