Meaning of cantly | Babel Free

Definitions

With the use of cant (slang, jargon).

archaic, not-comparable

Examples

“This is cantly called “talking to Bunkum:” an “honorable gentleman” long ago, having said that he was not speaking to the house, but to the people of a certain county in his district, which, in local phrase, he called “Bunkum.””

“Will he do anything toward creating an effective police through the country, every part of which is, every night, in complete exposure to attacks of plunderers and ruffians? Or (to glance abroad) will he do anything for Greece, or anything to real, effectual purpose, for what is cantly named the Peninsula?”

“They must be aware that the press had teemed with comments on the case, and he had congratulated himself on seeing twelve gentlemen who were willing to put aside what was cantly called “Hookey Walkerism” and the other epithets that bad been hurled at the head of the unfortunate man, who had been held up to the contempt of the colony.”

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