[f. CRAVEN a. + -LY2.] In a craven manner.
a. 1591. H. Smith, Wks. (1867), II. 479.
Too cracking or too cravenly, | |
Too hateful or too gratefully. |
1622. S. Ward, Life of Faith in Death (1627), 64. He neither foolishly thinkes to resist nor crauenly yeelds.
1887. Chicago Advance, 18 Aug., 521. They grovel cravenly under dread of what may be termed the social boycott.