crankly, adv.
(ˈkræŋklɪ)
[f. crank a. + -ly2.]
In a ‘crank’ manner; lustily, briskly, boldly, etc.
| 1566 J. Studley Agamemnon iii, With clubbed bruising battringe batte he crankly did subdew. 1589 Peele Tale of Troy Wks. (Rtldg.) 552/1 Thus this doughty daysman..Did crankly venture on this thankless deed. 1592 G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 9 Danter's gentleman..cranckly spitteth upon the heads of some. |