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Webster 1913 Edition
Cowardly
Cow′ard-ly
,Adj.
1.
Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.
The
cowardly
rascals that ran from the battle. Shakespeare
2.
Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base;
as,
. cowardly
malignityMacaulay.
Syn. – Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous; recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted; white-livered.
Cow′ard-ly
,adv.
In the manner of a coward.
Spenser.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cowardly
COWARDLY
,Adj.
1.
Wanting courage to face danger; timid; timorous; fearful; pusillanimous.2.
Mean; base; befitting a coward; as a cowardly action.3.
Proceeding from fear of danger; as cowardly silence.COWARDLY
,adv.
Definition 2024
cowardly
cowardly
English
Adjective
cowardly (comparative cowardlier or more cowardly, superlative cowardliest or most cowardly)
- Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; basely or weakly fearful.
- Shakespeare
- The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
- Burke
- The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.
- Shakespeare
Related terms
Translations
showing cowardice
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Adverb
cowardly (comparative more cowardly, superlative most cowardly)
- (archaic) In the manner of a coward.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.48:
- I love to follow them, but not so cowardly, as my life remaine thereby in subjection.
- 1828, John Paul, A Refutation of Arianism
- […] men who cowardly and hypocritically subscribe orthodox creeds, whilst they teach a different kind of doctrine!
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essayes, London: Edward Blount, OCLC 946730821, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.48:
Translations
in the manner of a coward
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