pusillanimously

1. 1.

   with a lack of courage and determination

   “simperingly, the accused begged for mercy”

   Synonymssimperingly

Questions about pusillanimously

What does pusillanimously mean?

pusillanimously means "with a lack of courage and determination".

How many syllables are in pusillanimously?

pusillanimously has 6 syllables: pu-sil-la-ni-mou-sly. The stress falls on "ni".

What is another word for pusillanimously?

Close synonyms include simperingly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pusillanimously a common word?

pusillanimously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.