▪ I. † ˈcantly, adv.1 Sc. and north.
[f. cant a. + -ly2.]
Boldly, briskly, eagerly, energetically, cheerily.
| 1352 Minot Poems v. 64 John of Aile of the Sluys..Was comen into Cagent cantly and kene. c 1400 Destr. Troy 6504 Then criet he full cantly þe knightes vpon. |
▪ II. ˈcantly, adv.2
[cant n.3 4 e.]
In canting phraseology; in slang.
| 1828 Niles' Reg. 27 Sept. XXXV. 66/2 This is cantly called ‘talking to Bunkum’. 1890 Field 1 Nov. 655/2 They become open professionals, and ‘go for the pieces’, as it is cantly termed. 1906 Chesterton Dickens xii. 288 In attempting to decide whether an author will, as it is cantly expressed, live, it is necessary to have [etc.]. |