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▪ I. † ˈcantly, adv.1 Sc. and north.
[f. cant a. + -ly2.]
Boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily.
1352Minot Poems v. 64 John of Aile of the Sluys..Was comen into Cagent cantly and kene. c1400Destr. Troy 6504 Then criet he full cantly þe knightes vpon.
▪ II. ˈcantly, adv.2
[cant n.3 4 e.]
In canting phraseology; in slang.
1828Niles' Reg. 27 Sept. XXXV. 66/2 This is cantly called ‘talking to Bunkum’. 1890Field 1 Nov. 655/2 They become open professionals, and ‘go for the pieces’, as it is cantly termed. 1906Chesterton Dickens xii. 288 In attempting to decide whether an author will, as it is cantly expressed, live, it is necessary to have [etc.]. |