pusillanimiter

pusillanimiter [ML < LL pusillanimis+-ter] , in a faint-hearted, cowardly, or timid manner. ~iter adverbium Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 17; cavendum est nobis ne detractionem ~iter timeamus Holcot Wisd. 38; tamquam canes muti non valentes latrare ~iter consenciunt reticendo Wycl. Sim. 68.