adv. Sc. & 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.
