spinelessly
In cowardly fashion
In a manner lacking courage or resolve, failing to stand up for oneself or one's principles.
Someone who spinelessly agrees with whatever the boss says avoids confrontation at the cost of integrity.
The word implies contemptible weakness—not just timidity, but an absence of moral backbone.
In fearful, hesitant fashion
- cravenlyIn cowardly manner
- pusillanimouslyIn a cowardly manner
- faintheartedlyIn a fearful manner
- weaklyWithout much force
meekly · gutlessly · yellow-bellied · lily-livered · fearfully · timorously · sheepishly · cringingly
In yielding deference
- obsequiouslyWith servile flattery
- servilelyIn subservient manner
- compliantlyIn an acquiescent manner
- deferentiallyWith respectful yielding
acquiescently · yieldingly · capitulating · subserviently · docilely · sycophantically · bootlicking · toadying
Without firm decision
- waveringlyIn an unsteady manner
- hesitantlyWith uncertain manner
- indecisivelyWithout firm resolve
- weaklyWithout much force
feebly · ineffectually · wishy-washy · flip-flopping · waffling · dithering · shilly-shallying · falteringly
Without active participation
- inertlyWithout motion or reaction
- apatheticallyWithout interest or emotion
- listlesslyWithout energy or interest
- lethargicallyIn a drowsy, sluggish manner
supinely · compliantly · resignedly · ineffectually · impotently · powerlessly · helplessly · weakly
timidly
In fearful, hesitant fashion
- cravenlyIn cowardly manner
- pusillanimouslyIn a cowardly manner
- faintheartedlyIn a fearful manner
weakly · meekly · gutlessly · yellow-bellied · lily-livered · fearfully · timorously · sheepishly · cringingly · shrinkingly
submissively
In yielding deference
- obsequiouslyWith servile flattery
- servilelyIn subservient manner
- compliantlyIn an acquiescent manner
deferentially · acquiescently · yieldingly · capitulating · subserviently · docilely · sycophantically · bootlicking · toadying · fawningly
irresolutely
Without firm decision
- waveringlyIn an unsteady manner
- hesitantlyWith uncertain manner
- indecisivelyWithout firm resolve
weakly · feebly · ineffectually · wishy-washy · flip-flopping · waffling · dithering · shilly-shallying · falteringly · haltingly
passively
Without active participation
- inertlyWithout motion or reaction
- apatheticallyWithout interest or emotion
- listlesslyWithout energy or interest
lethargically · supinely · compliantly · resignedly · ineffectually · impotently · powerlessly · helplessly · weakly · limply
spinelesslycourageously
In a fearless manner
bravely · boldly · fearlessly · valiantly · heroically
spinelesslyprincipally
Mostly or primarily
honorably · nobly · righteously · uprightly · conscientiously
spinelesslystrongly
With much force
firmly · resolutely · confidently · assertively · defiantly
- spineless personOne lacking courage