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单词 womanfully
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womanfullyadv.

Brit. /ˈwʊmənfᵿli/, /ˈwʊmənfl̩i/, U.S. /ˈwʊmənf(ə)li/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: woman n., manfully adv.
Etymology: < woman n. + -fully (in manfully adv.).
Of a woman: with courage or resolution; valiantly. Used as a conscious alternative to manfully adv. 1.
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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).
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