cantly

Adverb

cantly (not comparable)

1. (archaic) With the use of cant (slang, jargon).
   • 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.”1828 September 27, “Miscellaneous: “Talking to Bunkum””, in Niles' Weekly Register (Third Series), volume 11, number 5, Baltimore, page 66
   • 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...1852, “CXLII. To John Easthope, Esq., M.P.: Canning—Catholic Emancipation [Stapleton, May 23, 1827]”, in J. E. Ryland, editor, The Life and Correspondence of John Foster, volume 2, London: Henry...