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Definition of Cravenly
1. in a cowardly manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cravenly
Literary usage of Cravenly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1906)
"... now ready for some new villainy, grateful (at least in words) to those who
have helped him, fawning to the great, cravenly befouling whoever has done ..."
2. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1885)
"... when we awoke next morning to find the fires gone out and the camp deserted ;
with the exception of my servant, every one had cravenly turned back. ..."
3. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"... but the point is, that then as to-day, men cravenly ac- i My principal sources
of information have been Dr. FA Gasquet 's '' The Great Pestilence" ..."
4. The Literature of the Old Testament in Its Historical Development by Julius August Bewer (1922)
"*~").1 After cravenly fearing at first to invade Canaan on the report of the
spies, but stung by the reproof of Yahweh, who declared that none of the ..."
5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1894)
"... of marching valiantly and working fruitfully as in the Middle Ages it marched
and worked, it cravenly seeks refuge in obscurantism as a stronghold. ..."
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