crabbed
adjective
crabbedly
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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
The Indian Pack-Dogs snarled at his presence, and yapped crabbedly.
From The Outcasts by Arthur Henry Howard Heming
Sent!" snapped A'tim crabbedly; "who will send it?
From The Outcasts by Arthur Henry Howard Heming
"It comes down to this, Mr. Grayson," The Thinking Machine informed him crabbedly.
From The Leak by Jacques Futrelle
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 Stanley L. Wood
