Similar words: manly, cleanly, unmanly, wantonly, roman law, manliness, ocean liner, workmanlike. Meaning: adv. in a weak or pale or languid manner.
1) Rattling Hawk smiles briefly and wanly, and says something to Gary.
2) She smiled wanly at Corbett and, like a sleepwalker, rose and left him.
3) Maybe they would wanly hand a baseball to Squirrel.
4) Marcia smiled wanly and shook her head.
5) 'Yes, ' she said wanly.
6) She was smiling wanly.
7) Then I smiled wanly and told him to put it back.
8) Susan and Claire, the wives of Stephen and Alan, looked on wanly,[http://sentencedict.com/wanly.html] speechless with exhaustion.
9) Crossing his lawn, I saw that his front door was still open and he was leaning against a table in the hall, heavy with dejection or sleep. "Nothing happened, " he said wanly .
10) "According to Popkin, barley prices in Krakow have not been this stable since 1971, " he said to Daphne, and smiled wanly as he climbed into bed.