Meaning of lily-liveredly | Babel Free

Definitions

In a lily-livered manner.

rare

Examples

“It’s either you fight⟳ or you die⟳. / Young Gents, you’ve got no option. / No good asking the reason⟳ why, / It’s either you fight⟳ or you die⟳, / Die⟳, die⟳, lily-liveredly die⟳, / Or fight⟳ and make⟳ the splinters fly⟳, / Bust up the holy apple pie. / You’ve got no option.”

“If more rootin’ countries acted decisively like⟳ tootin’ Zanoria and not lily-liveredly like⟳ rootin’-tootin’ France the better place⟳ the whole rootin’-tootin’ planet’d be.”

“Afraid my emotions would betray me, I repressed my instincts and lily-liveredly accepted the accusations of authority that she wouldn’t, rather than her protestations that she couldn’t.”

“Taking a deep breath, Rafael made himself face⟳ up to the facts he’d stupidly and lily-liveredly shied away from in an absurd effort to distance himself from Nicky and the way she made him feel⟳, his pulse racing and his breathing shallowing.”

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