cowardly adverb

[Gordon, Matthew J.]

In case anyone is collecting examples of -ly adjectives being used adverbially:

"The Riverside officers were cowardly ambushed." -Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck.

Quoted in NYT and elsewhere
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/08/us/former-los-angeles-police-officer-sought-in-shootings.html

-Matt Gordon

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