Crabwise
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Crabwise is an adjective meaning In the manner of a crab; sideways.
Meaning
In the manner of a crab; sideways.
More Meanings
- (figuratively) Incidental.
Example Sentences
Quite apart from their crabwise and often reluctant embrace of religious toleration for a wide variety of religious dissidence, both countries achieved a wider distribution of prosperity than any other part of seventeenth-century Europe.
Synonyms for crabwise
Depending on context, synonyms include oblique, sideways.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include oblique, sideways, sidelong, sideway, sideways-on, diagonalwise.
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