'Manfully' definitions:

Definition of 'manfully'

adverb

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" [syn: manfully, manly] [ant: unmanfully, unmanly]

Definition of 'Manfully'

From: GCIDE

Manful \Man"ful\, a. Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble. " Manful hardiness." --Chaucer. -- {Man"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Man"ful*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'manfully'

From: Moby Thesaurus

arduously,
bec et ongles,
courageously,
dauntlessly,
effortfully,
gamely,
hammer and tongs,
hard,
heart and soul,
heroically,
industriously,
laboriously,
like a man,
mettlesomely,
operosely,
pluckily,
spunkily,
strenuously,
the hard way,
toilsomely,
tooth and nail,
with a will,
with effort

Words containing 'Manfully'

Man,
Manful,
Manfulness,
Manly,
Manned,
Manning,
T man,
To have a man out,
a'man,
to a man,
man-to-man,
A greegree man,
A man of mark,
A marked man,
Best man,
Confidence man,
End man,
Family man,
Foremast man,
G man,
Gong man,
Iron man,
Java man,
Ladies' man,
Man Friday,
Man ape,
Man at arms,
Man engine,
Man milliner,
Man of motley,
Man of sin,
Man of straw,
Man of war,
Man, WV,
Man-of-war's man,
Manly, IA,
Manning, IA,
Manning, SC,
Marrying man,
Medicine man,
Neanderthal man,
Party man,
Point man,
Property man,
Reading man,
Red man,
Serving man,
Sporting man,
Squaw man,
To be one's own man,
To man a yard,
To man the yards,
Tobacco man,
Turnpike man,
Wolf man,
age of man,
average man,
backup man,
ballyhoo man,
beef man,
bionic man,
black man,
boskop man,
broth of a man,
career man,
cave man,
city man,
college man,
common man,
company man,
con man,
conjure man,
corner man,
cow man,
customer's man,
divorced man,
elevator man,
enlisted man,
ent man,
fall of man,
fancy man,
feral man,
fighting man,
fingerprint man,
front man,
garbage man,
gay man,
gingerbread man,
government man,
great man,
handy man,
hatchet man,
he-man,
heidelberg man,
hired man,
hit man,
holdup man,
hollow man,
holy man,
honest man,
inner man,
isle of man,
leading man,
learned man,
leg man,
lookout man,
maintenance man,
man and wife,
man eater,
man eating,
man hour,
man in the street,
man jack,
man made,
man of action,
man of affairs,
man of deeds,
man of letters,
man of means,
man of science,
man of the cloth,
man of the world,
man's body,
man's clothing,
married man,
mechanical man,
medical man,
military man,
miracle man,
modern man,
mountain man,
muffin man,
muscle man,
navy man,
neandertal man,
no man's land,
odd man out,
old man,
organization man,
outdoor man,
peking man,
piltdown man,
pivot man,
pr man,
preacher man,
prehistoric man,
publicity man,
railroad man,
railway man,
remittance man,
renaissance man,
rewrite man,
rhodesian man,
rich man,
section man,
service man,
solo man,
son of man,
stan the man,
stickup man,
straight man,
straw man,
strong man,
stunt man,
t-man,
trigger man,
trinil man,
unmarried man,
utility man,
vigilance man,
wealthy man,
white man,
wild man,
wise man,
working man,
worship of man,
yellow man,
yes man,
young man,
Blind man's buff,
Decoy-man,
Full-manned,
G-man,
Good humor man,
Man-eater,
Man-of-the earth,
Man-of-war,
No-man's land,
Poor man's treacle,
Poor man's weatherglass,
Quarry-man,
Remainder-man,
Stone Age man,
Trencher-man,
ape-man,
barrow-man,
dirty old man,
life-of-man,
macho-man,
man-about-town,
man-at-arms,
man-child,
man-hour,
man-made,
man-of-the-earth,
man-on-a-horse,
man-portable,
man-sized,
old man of the mountain,
old man's beard,
one-man,
poor man's orchid,
poor man's pulse,
public relations man,
right hand man,
song and dance man,
white man's burden,
yes-man,
Gold-end man,
Man-of-war hawk,
Man-stopping bullet,
No-man's-land,
Portuguese man-of-war,
Self-made man,
dead-man's float,
four-minute man,
man-eating shark,
man-made fiber,
man-made lake,
man-of-war bird,
middle-aged man,
odd-job man,
old-man-of-the-woods,
one-man rule,
pac-man strategy,
right-hand man,
two-man saw,
two-man tent,
white-man's foot,
dead-man's-fingers