Cowardlily
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a cowardly manner. rare
"Whenever I hear of some unhappy individual ungratefully and cowardlily yielding to the temptations of despair, and flinging away the existence which he fancied for him was now grown bare of promise, […]"
Example
More examples"Whenever I hear of some unhappy individual ungratefully and cowardlily yielding to the temptations of despair, and flinging away the existence which he fancied for him was now grown bare of promise, […]"
Etymology
From cowardly + -ly.
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