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cowedly

cowedly adverb: in a cowed or intimidated manner.

Adverb

cowedly (comparative more cowedly, superlative most cowedly)

  1. (rare) In a cowed or intimidated manner.

Forms of cowedly

comparativemore cowedly
superlativemost cowedly

Origin of cowedly

From cowed + -ly.

Questions about cowedly

What does cowedly mean?
Cowedly means in a cowed or intimidated manner.
What part of speech is cowedly?
Cowedly is an adverb.

Words near cowedly in the dictionary

  1. Cowdry bodies
  2. Cowdry body
  3. cowdung
  4. Cowe
  5. cowed
  6. cowedly
  7. cowedness
  8. coween
  9. coweens
  10. Cowell
  11. Cowellian

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