Synonyms for manful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : man-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæn fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for manful Other synonyms for the word manful
- fearless
- firm
- gallant
- hardy
- he-man
- heroic
- hunk
- intrepid
- jock
- jockstrap
- lion-hearted
- macho
- male
- mannish
- masculine
- muscular
- noble
- powerful
- red-blooded
- resolute
- robust
- self-reliant
- stately
- staunch
- stout-hearted
- strapping
- strong
- stud
- tiger
- two-fisted
- undaunted
- valiant
- valorous
- vigorous
- virile
- well-built
Définition of manful
Origin :- late 14c., "courageous, brave, resolute," from man (n.) + -ful.
- adj manly
- 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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