▪ I. † ˈcravenly, a. Obs. rare.
[f. craven n. + -ly1. Cf. cowardly adj.]
Of the nature of a craven, cowardly.
| 1653 Gauden Hierasp. 561 Of no mean and cravenly kind. |
▪ II. cravenly, adv.
(ˈkreɪv(ə)nlɪ)
[f. craven a. + -ly2.]
In a craven manner.
| a 1593 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 479 Too cracking or too cravenly, Too hateful or too gratefully. 1622 S. Ward Life of Faith in Death (1627) 64 He neither foolishly thinkes to resist..nor..crauenly yeelds. 1887 Chicago Advance 18 Aug. 521 They grovel cravenly under dread of what may be termed the ‘social boycott’. |