Cowardly

Adverb

 * 1) In the manner of a coward.
 * 2) * 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 48:
 * I love to follow them, but not so cowardly, as my life remaine thereby in subjection.

Adjective

 * 1) Showing cowardice. Lacking in courage, unacceptably fearful, usually meant with some implication of a lack of consideration for others.

Adverbs for Cowardly
abjectly; unexpectedly; vilely; feebly; shamefully; suddenly; basely; miserably; contemptibly; hideously; detestably; abominably; pitiably; notoriously; infamously; secretly; pathologically; helplessly; hopelessly; embarrassingly; pathetically; irremediably; consciously.

Synonyms for Cowardly
timid, shy, timorous, effeminate, weak, afraid, sissy, spiritless, chicken-hearted.

Antonyms for Cowardly
bold, courageous, daring, dauntless.

Related terms

 * coward

Thesaurus
abulic, afraid, anemic, asthenic, bashful, bloodless, caitiff, chicken, chickenhearted, coward, cowed, craven, dastardly, daunted, debilitated, diffident, dismayed, drooping, droopy, dull, effete, etiolated, faint, fainthearted, faintish, fearful, fearing, fearsome, feeble, feebleminded, flabby, flaccid, floppy, frail, frightened, funking, funky, gone, goosy, gutless, henhearted, imbecile, impotent, in fear, infirm, intimidated, invertebrate, jumpy, languid, languorous, lily-livered, limber, limp, listless, lustless, marrowless, milk-livered, milksoppish, milksoppy, mousy, namby-pamby, nerveless, nervous, overtimid, overtimorous, panic-prone, panicky, pigeonhearted, pithless, pliable, poltroon, poltroonish, pooped, powerless, pusillanimous, rabbity, recreant, rubbery, sapless, scared, scary, shaky, shivery, shrinking, shy, sinewless, sissified, sissy, skittery, skittish, slack, soft, spineless, spunkless, startlish, strengthless, timid, timorous, trembling, tremulous, trepidant, trigger-happy, unhardened, unmanly, unmanned, unnerved, unstrung, vile, weak, weak-kneed, weak-minded, weak-willed, weakhearted, weakly, white-livered, worthless, yellow

Etymology
From coward: + -ly:.

Adverb

 * Finnish: pelkurimainen
 * Italian: vigliaccamente, pusillanimamente, vilmente
 * Russian: трусливо, малодушно


 * Volapük: dredöfo, dredöfiko, dredöfaniko,  hidredöfaniko,  jidredöfaniko

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: страхлив
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French: lâche, veule, bas
 * German:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian: codardo, pusillanime, vigliacco, vile
 * Old English:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: laş, fricos,
 * Russian:, малодушный
 * Spanish: vil, ruin
 * Volapük: dredöfik