Thesaurus / crabwise
FEEDBACKsynonyms for crabwise
synonyms for crabwise
- obliquely
- sidelong
- aside
- aslant
- aslope
- broadside
- edgeways
- indirectly
- laterally
- sidewards
- slantingly
- slantwise
- to the side
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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 LUCKANDRE 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 WARLOCKANDRE NORTONAble Jake, with the controlling influence of the jets cut, had yawed slightly and was now traveling crabwise.
FAR FROM HOMEJ.A. TAYLORMr. Wayne stiffened and wheeled; Mr. Briggs sidled hastily toward the doorway, crabwise; the poet choked back the word, Phup!
IOLEROBERT W. CHAMBERSThe instant his back was turned, the old man obliqued crabwise to the side of the road.
MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, VOL. 31, NO. 1, MAY 1908VARIOUS"Oh—well—gee—of course—" sighed Graff, as he went out, crabwise.
BABBITTSINCLAIR LEWISInstead, he sidled, crabwise, into the middle of the street.
H. R.EDWIN LEFEVREShe crept crabwise up the bank, and put on her stockings and slippers.
GIGOLOEDNA FERBERWORDS RELATED TO CRABWISE
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.