crabwise — ozdic

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adj

1

In the manner of a crab; sideways.

2

Incidental.

Quite apart from their crabwise and often reluctant embrace of religious toleration for a wide variety of religious dissidence, both countries achieved a wider distribution of prosperity than any other part of seventeenth-century Europe.

adv

1

In the manner of a crab; sideways.

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Synonyms

adjective — (of movement) at an angle

sideways

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Quite apart from their crabwise and often reluctant embrace of religious toleration for a wide variety of religious dissidence, both countries achieved a wider distribution of prosperity than any othe

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