Lily-liveredly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a lily-livered manner. rare

    "It’s either you fight or you die. / Young Gents, you’ve got no option. / No good asking the reason why, / It’s either you fight or you die, / Die, die, lily-liveredly die, / Or fight and make the splinters fly, / Bust up the holy apple pie. / You’ve got no option."

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"It’s either you fight or you die. / Young Gents, you’ve got no option. / No good asking the reason why, / It’s either you fight or you die, / Die, die, lily-liveredly die, / Or fight and make the splinters fly, / Bust up the holy apple pie. / You’ve got no option."

Etymology

From lily-livered + -ly.

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