Definitions for manful

manful man·ful

Spelling: [man-fuh l]
IPA: /ˈmæn fəl/

Manful is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in manful (aflmnu).

Definitions for manful

adjective

  1. having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.

Origin of manful

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at man1, -ful

Examples for manful

They met, as was the phrase of the time, "manful under shield."

For these manful Slavs, no work is too toilsome and dangerous.

"The boy is fine and honorable and manful, Wayne," said the old lawyer.

The Captain bore the shock of the refusal with, to say the least, manful resignation.

In what connection can manly be used where manful could not be substituted?

Your speeches at Aberdeen are most admirable, manful, and earnest.

I laid all that before him; and he showed a manful spirit, that I will always say.

"Your wife is a woman of manful virtue," said the interpreter to Albinik.

He might have used nicer language, perhaps, but his inner sense was manful.

However, the boy went about his task in quite a manful manner.

Word Value for manful
Scrable

11

Words with friends

15

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