Meanings
adverbwomanfully (comparative more womanfully, superlative most womanfully)
comparative more womanfully · superlative most womanfully
- In a womanly manner.
She manfully struggled on, however — womanfully would perhaps be a stronger and more appropriate word. She had to calculate not only how to play her own hand correctly, but she had to calculate on her partner's probable errors.
1859, Anthony Trollope, The Bertrams, page 264
Origin
From womanful + -ly. Early 19th c., after manfully.
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womanfully. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanfully
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“womanfully.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanfully. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “womanfully,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/womanfully.
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