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crabbedly

crabbedly adverb: in a crabbed manner.

Adverb

crabbedly (comparative more crabbedly, superlative most crabbedly)

  1. In a crabbed manner.

Forms of crabbedly

comparativemore crabbedly
superlativemost crabbedly

Origin of crabbedly

From Middle English crabbidly; equivalent to crabbed + -ly.

Questions about crabbedly

What does crabbedly mean?
Crabbedly means in a crabbed manner.
What part of speech is crabbedly?
Crabbedly is an adverb.

Words near crabbedly in the dictionary

  1. crabapples
  2. Crabb
  3. Crabbe
  4. Crabbean
  5. crabbed
  6. crabbedly
  7. crabbedness
  8. crabbednesses
  9. crabber
  10. crabberies
  11. crabbers

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