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Answer for the clue "In a cowardly way ", 15 letters:
pusillanimously

Word definitions for pusillanimously in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
adv. In a pusillanimous manner

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adv. with a lack of courage and determination; "simperingly, the accused begged for mercy" [syn: simperingly ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pusillanimously \Pu`sil*lan"i*mous*ly\ (p[=u]`s[i^]l*l[a^]n"[i^]*m[u^]s*l[y^]), adv. With pusillanimity.

Usage examples of pusillanimously.

His mistress too, the fair Agnes Sorel, who lived in entire amity with the queen, seconded all her remonstrances, and threatened that, if he thus pusillanimously threw away the sceptre of France, she would seek in the court of England a fortune more correspondent to her wishes.

He once more abandoned the provinces, recalled the troops, pressed the new levies, which were rigorously exacted, and pusillanimously eluded.