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Meanings of cowardly in English

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covarde
Catalan
covard

Lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted.

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      Usage of cowardly in English
      1
      He said: I strongly condemn the cowardly attacks on our people today.
      Radio NZ
      2
      They are corrupt; they are base; they are cowardly; they are cruel.
      Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
      3
      In Central India long-sustained and fierce conflicts followed brutal and cowardly massacres.
      The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
      4
      It was no good; it was cowardly to think in this fashion.
      Lord of the World
      5
      The ghosts live only in their cowardly hearts; there are but wolves.
      Nada the Lily
      6
      After this cowardly threat Caspian changed his tune and started being patronizing.
      The voyage of the dawn treader
      7
      It was the idea of-ofdoing away with myself which was cowardly.
      Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
      8
      If Julio were only more courageous; but he is a cowardly boaster.
      The Amulet
      9
      But there was too much of the woman in their cowardly hearts.
      The Memories of Fifty Years / Containing Brief Biographical Noti...
      10
      It was cowardly-anunpardonable error, but I will return to the hut.
      Frederick the Great and His Family: A Historical Novel
      11
      Perhaps it was cowardly in me, but I could not help it.
      Down the River; Or, Buck Bradford and His Tyrants
      12
      That cowardly troop issued from the wood and encompassed the three knights.
      Legends of Charlemagne
      13
      The impulse that drove me from the scene was pusillanimous and cowardly.
      Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
      14
      There is a strong feeling in favour of cowardly and prudential proverbs.
      The Pocket R.L.S.: Being Favourite Passages from the Works of St...
      15
      What a pack of cowardly sneaks those chaps in that car were.
      The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
      16
      They felt that it was cowardly not to die in their presence.
      The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 19: 1572-73
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