cowardly
IPA: kˈaʊɝdɫi
adjective
- Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.
adverb
- (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
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Examples of "cowardly" in Sentences
- Another translation of the Bible uses the word cowardly instead of fearful.
- George W. Bush strongly condemning what he called the cowardly assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
- However, strong reaction from the Palestinian Authority condemning this, as what they call a cowardly act.
- The attorney for one of the accused denounced what he calls cowardly and anonymous leakers at the Pentagon.
- The Ogaden rebels, meanwhile, issued a statement condemning what they called the "cowardly and cold-blooded attack".
- They're America's allies in the war on terror but tonight Pakistani officials are slamming what they call a cowardly attack.
- I use the word "cowardly" because there's no other way to call someone who writes this and then hides behind an anonymous name.
- Officials with UNAMID, the joint African Union and United Nations peacekeeping mission, strongly condemned what they called cowardly acts of violence against the peacekeepers.
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