Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a canting manner; whiningly; hypocritically.
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- adverb in a
canting manner
Etymologies
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canting + -ly
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Examples
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It had been used in the fifteenth century to describe in scorn someone who cantingly interlarded his speech with repetitions of the Holy Name.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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