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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cowardly \Cow"ard*ly\, a.
1. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful;
pusillanimous; spiritless.
The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
--Shak.
2. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences;
befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as cowardly
malignity. --Macaulay.
The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look
danger in the face. --Burke.
Syn: Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous;
recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted;
white-livered.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cowardly \Cow"ard*ly\, adv
In the manner of a coward. --Spenser.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
cowardly
adj : lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly
dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley [syn: {coward(a)},
{fearful}] [ant: {brave}]
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