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Meaning of "cravenly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CRAVENLY

cravenly  [ˈkreɪvənlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRAVENLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cravenly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES CRAVENLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cravenly in the English dictionary

The definition of cravenly in the dictionary is in a craven manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRAVENLY


certainly
ˈsɜːtənlɪ
commonly
ˈkɒmənlɪ
curmudgeonly
kəˈmʌdʒənlɪ
evenly
ˈiːv ənlɪ
gentlemanly
ˈdʒɛntəlmənlɪ
heavenly
ˈhɛvənlɪ
humanly
ˈhjuːmənlɪ
inhumanly
ɪnˈhjuːmənlɪ
matronly
ˈmeɪtrənlɪ
mistakenly
mɪˈsteɪkənlɪ
openly
ˈəʊpənlɪ
provenly
ˈpruːvənlɪ
slovenly
ˈslʌvənlɪ
stubbornly
ˈstʌbənlɪ
suddenly
ˈsʌdənlɪ
sullenly
ˈsʌlənlɪ
uncommonly
ʌnˈkɒmənlɪ
unevenly
ʌnˈiːvənlɪ
Winstanley
ˈwɪnstənlɪ
womanly
ˈwʊmənlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRAVENLY

craterlike
craterous
craton
cratonic
cratur
craunch
cravat
cravate
crave
craven
cravenness
craver
craving
craw
craw-thumper
crawdad
crawdaddy
crawfish
Crawford
crawl

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRAVENLY

alienly
barrenly
brazenly
brokenly
crestfallenly
drunkenly
forbiddenly
forsakenly
goldenly
greenly
hiddenly
keenly
maidenly
moltenly
outspokenly
queenly
unbrokenly
unmaidenly
vixenly
woodenly

Synonyms and antonyms of cravenly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cravenly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRAVENLY

Find out the translation of cravenly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cravenly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cravenly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

怯懦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cobardemente
570 millions of speakers

English

cravenly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cravenly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بجبن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

трусливо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

covardemente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cravenly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lâchement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cravenly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

feige
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cravenly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cravenly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cravenly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cravenly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிபணிந்த முறையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Cravenly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

korkakça
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vigliaccamente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tchórzliwie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

боягузливо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

predicator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άνανδρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lafhartig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tigt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feigt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cravenly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRAVENLY»

The term «cravenly» is normally little used and occupies the 129.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRAVENLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cravenly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cravenly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cravenly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRAVENLY»

Discover the use of cravenly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cravenly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Black Book of Bosnia: The Consequences of Appeasement
Surveys the history of unrest in the Balkans, documents the civil war and its atrocities, and criticizes American and European policymakers for their inaction
Nader Mousavizadeh, 1996
2
Francis Bacon: The History of a Character Assassination
23. Cravenly. Suing. for. Power. and. Complacently. Savouring. its. Fruits. Bacon sought office, he tells us, for two reasons: first, because he dearly hoped that 'if I rose to any place of honour in the state I should have a larger command of ...
Nieves Mathews, 1996
3
Congressional Series of United States Public Documents
would be inaugurated our next President. Now, we are humiliated with the near approach of defeat. Not an honest defeat, but a defeat that will be brought about by cravenly submission and sheer cowardice. As to Florida, recent developments  ...
4
The Bookman
Of course your meaning was obvious to everyone, who, like you and me, have seen these curious ladies in the original—but it seems so sly thus to set down what you so cravenly—so justifiably cravenly—hinted at darkly, and I feel now that if I ...
5
The Tariff and the Trusts
At the time of the passage of the bill sugar stock rose in a day or two from 95% to 106^. Three years pass, and Senator Aldrich, no longer indignant at dictation from the sugar trust, with his associates "cravenly" enacts a new sugar tariff dictated ...
Franklin Pierce, 1913
6
Fear and Trembling
Is it not a pitiable prudence, shrewdness, faintheartedness, it has found, which sits in high places and cravenly makes men believe they have accomplished thegreatest things and insidiously withholds them from attempting todo even the ...
Soren Kierkegaard, 2013
7
The Gadamer Reader: A Bouquet of the Later Writings
In reply to the criticisms of cravenly accepting authority, Gadamer distinguishes between authority with no basis and authority that we have a reason to respect, such as that of a doctor, lawyer, teacher, or minister. We do not just cravenly accept ...
Hans-Georg Gadamer, Richard E. Palmer, 2007
8
Three Discourses on Imagined Occasions
Was he alone a bad husband who cravenly and in an unmanly way adoringly wooed a woman's beauty and then in a servile spirit cravenly ruled over a slave, to whose loveliness he in jealousy was a slave — until he ended with the ...
Søren Kierkegaard, Howard Vincent Hong, Edna Hatlestad Hong, 1993
9
Little Tiny Teeth
Cravenly, Tim had caved in and accepted the agrobiodiversity topic the moment Scofield suggested it. He had even more cravenly thanked him for it, though his heart had been plummeting. For the ten-thousandth time he mentally kicked ...
Aaron J. Elkins, 2007
10
Scenes from an Execution
They say, 'Is my face difficult to draw?' (Pause.) It is difficult to draw. SUFFICI: I have always been painted — cravenly. GALACTIA: How do you mean, cravenly? SUFFICI: The real me not attempted. GALACTIA: What is the Real You? (Pause.)  ...
Howard Barker, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRAVENLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cravenly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
What the Christchurch City Council Can Learn From Greece
By contrast, the Christchurch City Council has cravenly refused to even try to renegotiate the onerous Cost Sharing Agreement signed between ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
2
As campaign unfolds, who will make us laugh late at night?
"Saturday Night Live" has another winner with McKinnon, whose portrayal of a cravenly ambitious Hillary Clinton holds great promise for the ... «Sentinel & Enterprise, Jul 15»
3
US presidential campaign enters new late-night TV era
Saturday Night Live has another winner with McKinnon, whose portrayal of a cravenly ambitious Hillary Clinton holds great promise for the next ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
4
Greece's Surprise “No” Vote a Big Defeat for Europe
When it withdrew even that in response to Tsipras's call for a referendum, it was a cravenly cynical ploy to force Greek banks to close and turn ... «The Fiscal Times, Jul 15»
5
Greece chooses to take the hard way out
The Troika cravenly caves in the face of the mighty resolve of the Greek people and offers Greece very attractive terms for continued help. 2. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
6
Congress Refuses to Deploy One of the Best Weapons Against Gun …
But the CDC can't, because our gun-crazy Congress, utterly and cravenly beholden to the National Rifle Association, has determined in its ... «Blue Nation Review, Jul 15»
7
The gloves are off
De Blasio, who had asked for permanent control, said Cuomo utilized a cravenly transactional style of negotiating to further his own aims and ... «Legislative Gazette, Jul 15»
8
Remembering an almost unique face of China
... embassy in Belgrade in 1999 — just one month after his White House humiliation by Bill Clinton, cravenly promise-reneging over WTO. «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»
9
Carriageworks, Sydney: 24 Frames per Second
Western feminists, meanwhile, have been cravenly silent on women under Islam. In that sense, Mesiti's video is also unobtrusively but deeply ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
Georg Lukacs: Lessons for struggle today
And vulgar Marxists accept a deterministic view that the situation is not “ripe” for revolutionary struggle, cravenly claiming that the “objective ... «Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Jul 15»

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