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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

"No, I do not know," replied Frederic crabbedly; "but I tell you now in full earnest, Miss--" "He is in the mountains," interrupted Jane.

From A Hero of the Pen by Werner, E.

Abel Geddis had been crabbedly kind to me, helping me through my final year in the High School after my father died, and taking me into his private bank the week after I was graduated.

From Branded by Lynde, Francis

"I ain't sure," said Mr. Wrenn, crabbedly, then shook hands warmly with the bookkeeper, to show there was nothing personal in his snippishness.

From Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man by Lewis, Sinclair

The Indian Pack-Dogs snarled at his presence, and yapped crabbedly.

From The Outcasts by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard