crabwise

[krab-wahyz]

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adverb

sideways: patrons edging crabwise along the crowded row of theater seats.

Origin of crabwise

First recorded in 1900–05; crab¹ + -wise

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Examples from the Web for crabwise

Historical Examples

Instead, he sidled, crabwise, into the middle of the street.
H. R.
Edwin Lefevre
"Oh—well—gee—of course—" sighed Graff, as he went out, crabwise.
Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis
Mr. 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

crabwise

adjective, adverb

(of motion) sideways; like a crab

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Examples from the Web for crabwise

Historical Examples

Instead, he sidled, crabwise, into the middle of the street.

"Oh—well—gee—of course—" sighed Graff, as he went out, crabwise.

Mr. Wayne stiffened and wheeled; Mr. Briggs sidled hastily toward the doorway, crabwise; the poet choked back the word, Phup!

crabwise

Origin of crabwise