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womanfully, adv.|ˈwʊmənfʊlɪ| [f. woman n. after manfully.] With womanly courage or perseverance; like a woman of spirit.
1821M. Edgeworth Let. 29 Jan. (1971) 236, I will trample..upon all the prickles of the impossibilities and flatten them womanfully. 1822Blackw. Mag. XII. 660 Do all manfully and womanfully, good ladies and gentlemen, without let or gainsay. 1824Southey Let. to John May 29 Aug. in Life (1849) I. 140 This she resisted most womanfully. 1870Tyndall Imag. Sci. 25 You will manfully and womanfully prolong your investigations. |