crabwise
sideways: patrons edging crabwise along the crowded row of theater seats.
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How to use crabwise in a sentence
To his astonishment the stranger's mobile lips twisted in a snarl and he edged crabwise toward the bushes bordering the glen.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonAnd so on, and all the time it is not wanting to go either to Thirlmere or to Penrith, but is sidling crabwise to Keswick.
Windfalls | (AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George GardinerHe was well up into the cleft, moving crabwise, unwilling to turn his back on the Throg.
Storm Over Warlock | Andre NortonAble Jake, with the controlling influence of the jets cut, had yawed slightly and was now traveling crabwise.
Far from Home | J.A. TaylorMr. Wayne stiffened and wheeled; Mr. Briggs sidled hastily toward the doorway, crabwise; the poet choked back the word, Phup!
Iole | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for crabwise
/ (ˈkræbˌwaɪz) /
(of motion) sideways; like a crab
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