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What does manful mean?

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Adjective
  1. Showing the characteristics considered typical of a man; macho or manly
  2. (by extension) Courageous; noble; high-minded.
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He himself seems to feel he has to make manful, self-deprecating jokes about having his election stolen.
Over in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago finished off a campaign to forget with a manful performance.
Mr Brown did a manful job this week of defending Labour's work during its three terms in power.
My strides felt manful and solid, my ankles more sure and I ran … no, I bounced... taller, head up, easily reaching an extra half kilometre.
Frazer has done a manful job in that position but I know he is ready for a rest and his strength is in a defensive role.
The Captain bore the shock of the refusal with, to say the least, manful resignation.

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