Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COW'ARD-LY
COW'ARD-LY, a.
- Wanting courage to face danger; timid; timorous; fearful; pusillanimous. – Bacon.
- Mean; base; befitting a coward; as, a cowardly action.
- Proceeding from fear of danger; as, cowardly silence. – South.
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