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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