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
Be off to the poor commissioners; they'll attend to your case,' replied the old man as he looked around, bent, and crabbedly thrusting the end of his stick several times into the ground.
From The Four Canadian Highwaymen or, The Robbers of Markham Swamp by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Collins
"A rough night, Mr. Moore," he said, rather crabbedly.
From Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 by James Elverson
Well may the poor Spaniards exclaim, These English talk so crabbedly, that Satan himself would not be able to understand them.
From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
"What call had ye to put your neck in danger for an unkenned man's sake?" he cried, crabbedly.
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
