COWARDLY, adjective 1. Wanting courage to face danger; timid; timorous; fearful; pusillanimous. 2. Mean; base; befitting a coward; as a cowardly action. 3. Proceeding from fear of danger; as cowardly silence. COWARDLY, adverb In the manner of a coward; meanly; basely.
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