What does the word pusillanimous mean?
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Pusillanimity.
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Pusillanimousness.
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Pusillanimously.
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Meanspirited; cowardly.
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: adverb
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for pusillanimous
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Nathaniel Fiennes, inferior to none of his contemporaries in talents for civil business, disgraced himself by the pusillanimous surrender of Bristol. – The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5) by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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But the truth was that Dollar did not blame him in the least, as he turned the handle softly, and heard a pusillanimous step retreating down the corridor. – The Crime Doctor by Ernest William Hornung
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When Maximin, a barbarian of immense personal strength and lifelong military experience, headed a revolt in the army, the soldiers were quite ready to believe that the Empire had long enough been ruled by " a parsimonious woman and a pusillanimous boy." – Roman Women Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries, Volume 2 (of 10) by Alfred Brittain