COWARDLY

a. adv.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless. The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle. Shak.

2.
a.

Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity. Macualay. The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face. Burke.

3.
adv.

In the manner of a coward. Spenser.

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