Hastily and tearfully boy gives up space for man (5)

I believe the answer is:

madly

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'hastily' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'for man' is the wordplay.
'for' becomes 'mad' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'man' becomes 'ly'.
'mad'+'ly'='MADLY'

'and tearfully boy gives up space' is the link.
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(Another definition for madly that I've seen is " "Deeply truly ____"".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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