What does manfully mean?

manfully means "in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man".

How many syllables are in manfully?

manfully has 3 syllables: man-ful-ly. The stress falls on "man". In IPA it is /ˈmænfəli/.

What is another word for manfully?

Close synonyms include manly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of manfully?

The recorded antonyms are unmanfully.

Is manfully a common word?

manfully is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Manfully — meaning and how to say it: MAN-fuh-lee

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man
“having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her burden and prepared to break up yet another home”
Synonymsmanly
Antonymsunmanfully

Questions about manfully

What does manfully mean?: manfully means "in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a man".
How many syllables are in manfully?: manfully has 3 syllables: man-ful-ly. The stress falls on "man". In IPA it is /ˈmænfəli/.
What is another word for manfully?: Close synonyms include manly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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