crabbedly
- a word derived from crabbed.
Example Sentences
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Since Heine was a Jew and passionately self-conscious about it, the uncertainty of the atmosphere led to unpredictable twists in his character, making him by turns suspicious and open-spirited, free-hearted and crabbedly vindictive.
From Time Magazine Archive
But after a moment he remarked in a crabbedly friendly tone: "Young man, you know your business."
From The Desert Fiddler by Hamby, William H. (William Henry)
So he remarked rather crabbedly that he was going to obey his orders, and went aft along the slanting deck.
From A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle by Wood, Stanley L.
They raised a shout at him, until finally the old man, reluctantly and crabbedly, sidled over to join them.
From The Gray Dawn by White, Stewart Edward
He quelled one incipient mutiny through sheer dominance, but it left him more short of temper, more crabbedly moody than ever.
From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
