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cantingly

cantingly adverb: in a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.

Adverb

cantingly (comparative more cantingly, superlative most cantingly)

  1. In a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.
    • We have seen and heard the sneers and sarcasms with which poor Frank's unobtrusive attempts to moralize, not tediously, boringly, or cantingly, have been received by Sir George and his eldest son.1840, The New Monthly Magazine, page 429

Forms of cantingly

comparativemore cantingly
superlativemost cantingly

Origin of cantingly

From canting + -ly.

Questions about cantingly

What does cantingly mean?
Cantingly means in a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.
What part of speech is cantingly?
Cantingly is an adverb.

Words near cantingly in the dictionary

  1. cantine wagons
  2. cantines
  3. cantiness
  4. canting
  5. canting arms
  6. cantingly
  7. cantingness
  8. cantings
  9. cantinière
  10. cantinières
  11. Cantins

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