Definition of "cowardly" []

• Exhibiting the characteristics of a coward, particularly ignoble fear: a cowardly surrender. (adjective)

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• "Another translation of the Bible uses the word cowardly instead of fearful."
• "The Ogaden rebels, meanwhile, issued a statement condemning what they called the "cowardly and cold-blooded 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."