adv. [S. WOMAN sb. after manfully.] With womanly courage or perseverance; like a woman of spirit.
1822. Blackw. Mag., XII. 660/2. Do all manfully and womanfully, good ladies and gentlemen, without let or gainsay from the apprehension that the world is overstocked with modern poetry.
1824. Southey, Lett. to John May, 29 Aug. in Life (1849), I. 140. This she resisted most womanfully.
1870. Tyndall, Imag. Sci., 25. You will manfully and womanfully prolong your investigations.
