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cravenly
adverb
formaluk /ˈkreɪ.vən.li/ us /ˈkreɪ.vən.li/
in an extremely cowardly(= not brave) way:
I cravenly agreed, simply in order not to antagonize him.
He wrote to her afterwards, hoping cravenly that she had not been hurt.
We are cravenly giving in to their threats by censoring our own media.
They cravenly submitted to the pressure to sack her.
I lay down on the floor in front of them and cravenly begged forgiveness.
The directors were denounced for failing so cravenly to defend artists' rights.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cowardly
be afraid of your own shadowidiom
bottle
bottle out
chicken
chicken out
fainthearted
gutless
lily-livered
pantywaist
pusillanimity
spinelessness
timid
timidity
timidly
timorous
unheroic
weak-kneed
wimp
wimp out
wimpy
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