cowardlyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkaʊədli/

形容詞

cowardly (comparative cowardlier or more cowardly, superlative cowardliest or most cowardly)

1. Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.

   Synonyms: craven; see also Thesaurus:cowardly

   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:

     The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle.

   • 1780, Edmund Burke, speech at The Guildhall, in Bristol

     The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face.

派生語

副詞

cowardly (comparative more cowardly, superlative most cowardly)

1. (archaic) In the manner of a coward, cowardlily.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene v:

     We will not ſteale vpon him cowardly,
     But giue him warning and more warriours.

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 48:

     I love to follow them, but not so cowardly, as my life remaine thereby in subjection.

   • 1828, John Paul, A Refutation of Arianism‎, page 20:

     […] men who cowardly and hypocritically subscribe orthodox creeds, whilst they teach a different kind of doctrine!

語源

From coward +‎ -ly (“adverbial suffix”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈkuːardliː/

副詞

cowardly

1. In a cowardly or knavish way; cowardlily.

派生した語

• English: cowardie (obsolete)

参照

• “cǒuardlī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.