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cowardly

co·wardly

UK/ˈkaʊədli/ US/ˈkaʊɜrdli/ fairly common

adjective

1.

lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

  • “cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then” P.B.Shelley
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From Middle English *cowardly (adjective) and cowardly (adverb), equivalent to coward + -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.

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