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chickenheartedly

chickenheartedly is the alternative form of chicken-heartedly.

Meaning of chicken-heartedly

Adverb

chicken-heartedly (comparative more chicken-heartedly, superlative most chicken-heartedly)

  1. (derogatory) In a chicken-hearted manner; fearfully
    • You surely would have abandoned it as chicken-heartedly as you refused to stand up to him in the field.2008, Richard F. Miller, In Words and Deeds: Battle Speeches in History, →ISBN, page 294

Forms of chickenheartedly

comparativemore chickenheartedly
superlativemost chickenheartedly

Origin of chickenheartedly

From chickenhearted + -ly.

Questions about chickenheartedly

What is chickenheartedly the alternative form of?
Chickenheartedly is the alternative form of chicken-heartedly.

Words near chickenheartedly in the dictionary

  1. chickenhawk
  2. chickenhawks
  3. chickenhead
  4. chickenheads
  5. chickenhearted
  6. chickenheartedly
  7. chickenheartedness
  8. chickenhood
  9. chickenhouse
  10. chickenhouses
  11. chickenier

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