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Synonyms for manful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : man-fuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæn fəl

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Définition of manful

Origin :
  • late 14c., "courageous, brave, resolute," from man (n.) + -ful.
  • adj manly
Example sentences :
  • The Captain bore the shock of the refusal with, to say the least, manful resignation.
  • Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "The boy is fine and honorable and manful, Wayne," said the old lawyer.
  • Extract from : « Little Miss Grouch » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • "Your wife is a woman of manful virtue," said the interpreter to Albinik.
  • Extract from : « The Brass Bell » by Eugne Sue
  • In what connection can manly be used where manful could not be substituted?
  • Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
  • Your speeches at Aberdeen are most admirable, manful, and earnest.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens
  • They met, as was the phrase of the time, "manful under shield."
  • Extract from : « Anne of Geierstein » by Walter Scott
  • For these manful Slavs, no work is too toilsome and dangerous.
  • Extract from : « The Old World in the New » by Edward Alsworth Ross
  • I laid all that before him; and he showed a manful spirit, that I will always say.
  • Extract from : « The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1(of 3) » by Margaret Oliphant
  • He might have used nicer language, perhaps, but his inner sense was manful.
  • Extract from : « Erema » by R. D. Blackmore
  • However, the boy went about his task in quite a manful manner.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie » by Alice B. Emerson
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