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English

Etymology

From + .

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈkaʊədli/

Adverb

In the manner of a coward.
* 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 48:
*: I love to follow them, but not so cowardly, as my life remaine thereby in subjection.

Adjective

Showing cowardice. Lacking in courage, unacceptably fearful, usually meant with some implication of a lack of consideration for others.

Related terms

coward

Translations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Cowardly \Cow"ard*ly\, a.
1. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful;
pusillanimous; spiritless.
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The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
--Shak.
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2. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences;
befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly
malignity. --Macaulay.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Cowardly \Cow"ard*ly\, adv.
In the manner of a coward. --Spenser.
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WordNet cowardly
adj : lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly
dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley [syn: fearful]
[ant: brave]

Moby Dictionary
abulic , afraid , anemic , asthenic , bashful , bloodless , caitiff ,
chicken , chickenhearted , coward , cowed , craven , dastardly , daunted ,
debilitated , diffident , dismayed , drooping , droopy , dull , effete ,
etiolated , faint , fainthearted , faintish , fearful , fearing ,
fearsome , feeble , feebleminded , flabby , flaccid , floppy , frail ,
frightened , funking , funky , gone , goosy , gutless , henhearted ,
imbecile , impotent , in fear , infirm , intimidated , invertebrate ,
jumpy , languid , languorous , lily-livered , limber , limp , listless ,
lustless , marrowless , milk-livered , milksoppish , milksoppy , mousy ,
namby-pamby , nerveless , nervous , overtimid , overtimorous ,
panic-prone , panicky , pigeonhearted , pithless , pliable , poltroon ,
poltroonish , pooped , powerless , pusillanimous , rabbity , recreant ,
rubbery , sapless , scared , scary , shaky , shivery , shrinking , shy ,
sinewless , sissified , sissy , skittery , skittish , slack , soft ,
spineless , spunkless , startlish , strengthless , timid , timorous ,
trembling , tremulous , trepidant , trigger-happy , unhardened ,
unmanly , unmanned , unnerved , unstrung , vile , weak , weak-kneed ,
weak-minded , weak-willed , weakhearted , weakly , white-livered ,
worthless , yellow