cowardly
1. cow.ard.ly \-le-\ av : in a cowardly manner 2. cowardly aj : resembling or befitting a coward mplies a weak or ignoble lack of courage; PUSILLANIMOUS suggests a contemptible lack of courage; CRAVEN suggests a dishonoring abject yielding to fear; DASTARDLY implies behavior that is both cowardly and treacherous or skulking or outrageous SYN syn PUSILLANIMOUS, CRAVEN, DASTARDLY: COWARDLY i