adverb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Away in the far comer a three piece band was manfully trying to make itself heard above the din.
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He walked on manfully , cutting down Springfield Road towards London Road.
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He weeps for her at home instead of, say, manfully getting on the road and chasing after her.
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In any case, although the outing was not easy for her she enjoyed it, and stepped out manfully .
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Inevitably, although I struggled manfully with the work, I excelled in nothing.
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My father gazed at me manfully .
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They pose manfully in some anonymous public space.
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To expect them to stride manfully towards independence is rather like asking them to dive before they have been taught to swim.