manfully

adverb

Definition of manfullynext
as in courageously
in a fearless manner manfully accepted the responsibility of raising his deceased sister's children

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Recent Examples of manfully Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manfully
  1. courageously
  2. bravely
  3. firmly
  4. valiantly
Adverb
  • Cultivate psychological safety by courageously speaking uncomfortable truths, a quality remembered more than talent.
    — Jason Walker PsyD, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • And there is no more important group of people than these young women who courageously stood up.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Definition of courageously
Adverb
  • What this means is open to interpretation, but it is wielded here primarily as a slogan of battlefield aggression—a rallying cry for soldiers who have been trained to abandon their fears, push bravely onward, and embrace a glorious death.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • Goldberg, his fellow Canadian, co-directed with him the weirdly uneven apocalyptic comedy bravely titled This Is the End, which proved to be neither a hit nor the end.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 July 2026
Definition of bravely
Adverb
  • Hafley even firmly stated his commitment to the run during his opening press conference.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Azzuro said about 1,000 invasive species have been identified in the Mediterranean, with 800 of them firmly established.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of firmly
Adverb
  • Meanwhile his wife Penelope dodges suitors while his son Telemachus valiantly searches for his decades-absent dad.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • The man who valiantly shuttles Beirutis across the city’s no-man’s-land.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of valiantly

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“Manfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manfully. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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