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cowardly

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cowardly

▶adjective lacking courage.

– derivatives
cowardliness noun.

'cowardly' also found in these Oxford entries:

blouse - caitiff - candy-ass - chicken - craven - dingo - eerie - lily-livered - pigeon-hearted - recreant - scaramouch - skulk - wimp - yellow

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Cowardly >> Archaism?
cowardly, timid, fainthearted??

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