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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crabwise
sideways
Adverb
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Her skull was pulled off and turned sideways, boulders were piled atop her, and a mortar floor covered the grave she was returned to, leaving no indication of what lay below.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026 -
Primate, which is the first theatrical release from Walter Hamada’s genre label 18Hz at Paramount, is directed and co-written by Johannes Roberts and follows a group of friends’ tropical vacation that goes sideways when their chimp loses it.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Crabwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crabwise. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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