coweringly

coweringly
In a cowering manner.

He waited coweringly behind the door as the footsteps approached.


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  • coweringly — adv. in the manner of showing fear, in the manner of trembling with fright …   English contemporary dictionary

  • coweringly — cowˈeringly adverb • • • Main Entry: ↑cower …   Useful english dictionary

  • cower — coweringly, adv. /kow euhr/, v.i. to crouch, as in fear or shame. [1250 1300; ME couren; c. Norw, Sw kura, MLG kuren, G kauern] Syn. cringe, recoil, flinch, quail. * * * …   Universalium

  • blenchingly — adv. flinchingly, shrinkingly; coweringly, hesitatingly …   English contemporary dictionary

  • recoil — vb 1 Recoil, shrink, flinch, wince, blench, quail can all mean to draw back from something, usually through fear, faintheartedness, or disgust. Recoil more than any of the succeeding terms suggests the physical signs of such drawing back or the… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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