ADJECTIVE
  1. (of movement) at an angle
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How To Use crabwise In A Sentence

  • Wooden legs bristling in every direction from under his arms, he moved crabwise towards the side door. DEATH IN FASHION
  • While he sees the FTSE and Dow Jones industrial average rising this year, the Nasdaq is set to head crabwise for perhaps eight years.
  • The two men were intertangled and down among the furniture, and then Omne had locked an arm around Kirk and was scuttling crabwise to one side, dragging the Human in front of him toward the cover of a big couch. The Price of the Phoenix
  • She has now learned to move, crabwise, the length of the sofa.
  • I moved crabwise along the edge of the cliff.
  • Midge continued her crabwise progress towards the service stairs. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
  • Maybe some of them are trying to edge crabwise towards that end.
  • I manage to keep it in a straight line even though I swear I was going crabwise a while.
  • McGregor had moved fast and crabwise round the bonnet, and pulled the other door open. THE SCAR
  • I moved crabwise along the edge of the cliff.
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