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manfulnesses

manfulnesses is the plural of manfulness.

Meaning of manfulness

Noun

manfulness (usually uncountable, plural manfulnesses)

  1. (usually) The state of being manful
    • He will at least have the manfulness to depart out of it, if not; to say: "I cannot move in thee, and be a man; like a wretched drift-log dressed in man's clothes and minister's clothes, doomed to a lot baser than belongs to man, I will not continue with thee, tumbling aimless on the Mother of Dead...1881, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present

Questions about manfulnesses

What is manfulnesses the plural of?
Manfulnesses is the plural of manfulness.

Words near manfulnesses in the dictionary

  1. manful
  2. manfuller
  3. manfullest
  4. manfully
  5. manfulness
  6. manfulnesses
  7. mang
  8. Mang'anja
  9. mang-
  10. manga
  11. manga mark

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