different between determination vs manfully

English

Etymology

From Middle English determinacion, determynacioun, from Old French determinacion, from Latin d?termin?ti?.Morphologically determine +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

determination (countable and uncountable, plural determinations)

1. The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

2. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 13:

     So should that beauty which you hold in lease

     Find no determination: then you were

     Yourself again after yourself's decease ...

3. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
4. The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
5. (countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
6. (countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
7. A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part

8. (countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.

9. The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
10. The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
11. The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification

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Translations

Danish

Noun

determination c (singular definite determinationen, plural indefinite determinationer)

1. determination

Declension

Further reading

• “determination” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

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.
   • 1859, Anthony Trollope, The Bertrams, 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.

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mannfully, manfulli

Etymology

From manful +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?manful(l)i?/

Adverb

manfully (Late Middle English)

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

Descendants

• English: manfully

References

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