manfully

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

manfully
    adv 1: in a manful manner; with qualities thought to befit a
           man; "having said her say Peggy manfully shouldered her
           burden and prepared to break up yet another home" [syn:
           {manfully}, {manly}] [ant: {unmanfully}, {unmanly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Manful \Man"ful\, a.
   Showing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous,
   resolute, noble. " Manful hardiness." --Chaucer. --
   {Man"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Man"ful*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "manfully":
      arduously, bec et ongles, courageously, dauntlessly, effortfully,
      gamely, hammer and tongs, hard, heart and soul, heroically,
      industriously, laboriously, like a man, mettlesomely, operosely,
      pluckily, spunkily, strenuously, the hard way, toilsomely,
      tooth and nail, with a will, with effort

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