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manfulness

/man-fuhl/US // ˈmæn fəl //UK // (ˈmænfʊl) //

男子气概,男子汉大丈夫气概,男子汉气概,男子汉大丈夫的气概

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inmanhood

Examples

  • In Roosevelt’s scheme of things, imperialism was a necessary “manly” duty that American men needed to take up, or risk letting the reins of global power be seized by a “more manful race.”

  • He sat on my lap in rehearsals and made fearlessly manful eye contact while chatting after the show.

  • On the ninth day, Bruce abandoned his engines, and delivered a general assault; but still the besieged made manful defence.

  • Thus the word is not a vague epithet: the words simply mean, that the manful exertions of Machaon were arrested.

  • That's not a bad name for a warrior, sounding much more manful and valiant than Deerslayer!

  • And I make my oath that I never beheld so fierce and manful a combat in all of my life.

  • They were all soldiers—he said—in the trenches under the poisonous gas of the Prince of Darkness, and must be manful.