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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Cowardly and malicious; base.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Characterized by gross cowardice; meanly timid; base; sneaking.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. in the manner of a dastard; marked by cowardice; pusillanimous
  2. adj. treacherous; given to backstabbing

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Meanly timid; cowardly; base.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. despicably cowardly

Etymologies

  1. dastard +‎ -ly (Wiktionary)

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  • yarb Great citation; thanks DanieleO. Dec 24, 2008

  • danieleo Beautifully used by Franklin Delano Roosvelt, in the 7th of December 1941 declaration of war of the USA against the Emire of Japan:
    "I ask that the Congress declare that since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese empire."

    http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrpearlharbor.htm
    Dec 24, 2008

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