different between manly vs manfully

English

Etymology

From Middle English manly, manli, manlich, from Old English *manl??, *mannl?? (suggested by adverb manl??e, mannl??e (“in a manly way; stately”)), from Proto-Germanic *mannl?kaz (“manly”), equivalent to man +? -ly. Cognate with Old High German manl?h (“manly”) (German männlich), Dutch mannelijk, Old Norse mannligr (“human”) (Danish mandlig, Swedish manlig).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mænli/

Adjective

manly (comparative manlier, superlative manliest)

1. Having the characteristics of a man.
2. Having qualities befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.
   • Serene and manly, harden'd to sustain / The load of life.

   • 2001, Thomas W. Smith, Revaluing Ethics: Aristotle's Dialectical Pedagogy (page 86)

     Without a successful defense of one's city, none of the other virtues would be possible; manly courage seems to be a precondition for anything else worth achieving in life.

Antonyms

• womanly

Derived terms

• manliness

Translations

Anagrams

• Lyman, Lynam

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.