Translations for „manful“ in the English » German Dictionary

man·ful [ˈmænfəl] ADJ

manful

mannhaft veraltend

manful

mutig

manful

beherzt

to mount a manful defence of sb

jdn heldenhaft verteidigen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to mount a manful defence of sb

jdn heldenhaft verteidigen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Let us be manful enough to enjoy the quality of cricket that had been played rather than hooting one against the other.

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Without any iota of doubt, he sounded like a manful optimist.

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And the fact that he allowed himself to play that kind of fragility made him much more manful.

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It was a brutally stark portrait of the team's manful, if chaotic, desperation to rescue something, even with the game already settled.

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Our full-back line had been heroic and were manful to the very end as well, as were all our players.

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Despite a manful defensive effort, it was here that the visitors made them pay.

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There's a manful beadiness about their flat eyes.

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So to all political parties: elections are won through effective strategy and vigilance, but not through a mere manful optimism.

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