crabwise
adverb
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree English crab Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English crabwise From crab + -wise.
- In the manner of a crab; sideways.
- Incidental.
“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.”
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree English crab Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English crabwise From crab + -wise.
- In the manner of a crab; sideways.