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crab⋅wise

  [krab-wahyz]
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–adverb
sideways: patrons edging crabwise along the crowded row of theater seats.
Origin:
1900–05; crab + -wise
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crab·wise   (krāb'wīz')   
adv.  

  1. Sideways.

  2. In a furtive or circumspect manner; indirectly.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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