a. and adv. [see -LIKE.] Like, or after the manner of, a coward; cowardly.
1587. Turberv., Trag. T. (1837), 36. With naked sworde he preast to do the deed, And came behinde, full cowardlyke to speed.
1640. Epitaph, in Herald & Geneal. (1865), III. 378. Ling’ring, slow, and coward-like delay.
1805. Southey, Madoc in W., iv. Those … who … coward-like return’d to meet Mockery and shame.
1870. Bryant, Iliad, I. VI. 204. To … shun the conflict, coward-like.
