as in courageously
in a fearless manner
manfully accepted the responsibility of raising his deceased sister's children
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Inside Iran, people are openly and courageously chanting his name.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
4 Mar. 2026 -
Williams was given the military’s highest honor for courageously taking on seven Soviet MiG aircraft over Korea in 1952 and knocking four of them out of the sky in what is widely regarded as one of the longest and toughest aerial dogfights in the history of the Navy.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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And today, countless young people bravely continue the fight for their rights to have access to such powerful scenes and stories.—
Tahneer Oksman,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
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Celebrities are bravely coming out as fans of the opera and ballet in reaction to Timothée Chalamet’s negging of those art forms.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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But Miami was firmly in the driver’s seat all evening and MU rarely led.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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There are also concerns that toppling a regime that's been so firmly in control of the country for nearly half a century, with no obvious new administration waiting to take over, could simply create chaos.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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President Zelenskyy has fought valiantly, as the Ukrainians have, to save their nation.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
15 Mar. 2026
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This is the point Miranda tries valiantly to impress upon Shinia in the women’s bathroom.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Manfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manfully. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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