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Word entry · 8 letters

cowardly

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"Lacking courage"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkaʊədli/Part of speech adjectiveSorted acdlorwyStarts with CEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (COWARDLY).

Definitions

  1. lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted

Word origin

From Middle English *cowardly (adjective) and cowardly (adverb), equivalent to coward + -ly. Displaced native Old English earg.

Used in a sentence

  • The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.
  • 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.
  • We will not ſteale vpon him cowardly, But giue him warning and more warriours.

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