manfully

From Middle English manfully; equivalent to manful +‎ -ly.

manfully (comparative more manfully, superlative most manfully)

1. In a manful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a man, such as strength, courage, and determination.
   • From The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

     One (ant) struggled manfully by with a dead spider five times as big as itself in its arms.

   • From The Bertrams by Anthony Trollope, p.264

     She manfully struggled on, however - womanfully would perhaps be a stronger and more appropriate word. She had to calculate not only how to play her own hand correctly, but she had to calculate on her partner's probable errors.

• mannfully, manfulli

From manful +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmanful(l)iː/

manfully

1. (Late Middle English) Bravely, strongly, daringly, determinedly
2. (Late Middle English, rare) In a way that displays nobility or manfulness.

• English: manfully

• “manfully (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.