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coweringly

coweringly adverb: in a cowering manner.

Adverb

coweringly (comparative more coweringly, superlative most coweringly)

  1. In a cowering manner.
    • He waited coweringly behind the door as the footsteps approached.

Forms of coweringly

comparativemore coweringly
superlativemost coweringly

Origin of coweringly

From cowering + -ly.

Questions about coweringly

What does coweringly mean?
Coweringly means in a cowering manner.
What part of speech is coweringly?
Coweringly is an adverb.

Words near coweringly in the dictionary

  1. cower
  2. cowered
  3. cowerer
  4. cowerers
  5. cowering
  6. coweringly
  7. cowers
  8. Cowes
  9. Cowessess
  10. Coweta
  11. Coweta County

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