单词 | womanfully |
释义 | womanfullyadv. Of a woman: with courage or resolution; valiantly. Used as a conscious alternative to manfully adv. 1. ΘΠ the world > people > person > woman > [adverb] womanlyc1325 womanlikec1450 womanishly1556 woman-waysa1568 femalely1796 womanfully1819 femininely1821 women-wise1913 1819 E. L. Palmerston Let. 25 Dec. in Lett. Lady Palmerston (1957) i. i. 22 I have exerted myself manfully, or I might rather say womanfully, to make the dear children pass a Merry Christmas. 1821 M. Edgeworth Let. 29 Jan. (1971) 236 I will trample..upon all the prickles of the impossibilities and flatten them womanfully. 1870 J. Tyndall Imag. Sci. 25 You will manfully and womanfully prolong your investigations. 1923 Times 5 June 11/4 Many parents saw it out manfully and womanfully and stayed for the fireworks. 1978 S. King Stand xxxvii. 358 I have a temper, which I have not always been able to control... But I think I have struggled womanfully with it as it applies to Harold. 2003 Observer 12 Jan. (Review section) 4/3 You try womanfully to deal with the creeping sting that is in fact chemicals burning lesions into your scalp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1819 |
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