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- adverb In a
crabby manner.
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Examples
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'You call this a seafood platter?' said Melissa crabbily.
Archive 2008-10-01 lili 2008
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'You call this a seafood platter?' said Melissa crabbily.
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And when Mr. Clark showed up, reeking of cigarettes and crabbily asking, “You do realize your seats are inside the classroom, right?”
Perfect You Elizabeth Scott 2008
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And when Mr. Clark showed up, reeking of cigarettes and crabbily asking, “You do realize your seats are inside the classroom, right?”
Perfect You Elizabeth Scott 2008
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And when Mr. Clark showed up, reeking of cigarettes and crabbily asking, “You do realize your seats are inside the classroom, right?”
Perfect You Elizabeth Scott 2008
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There is a weedy class of establishments in and around the most heavily touristed areas (especially near San Marco, the train station and Piazzale Roma) that provide overpriced, lazily-cooked, and crabbily-served food.
Veniceblog: 2004
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I was even more crestfallen when her friend a UU but not, thank God, in my congregation crabbily intoned from across the retirement-home-dining-hall table: "It is a youthful gesture."
Comportment PeaceBang 2006
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There is a weedy class of establishments in and around the most heavily touristed areas (especially near San Marco, the train station and Piazzale Roma) that provide overpriced, lazily-cooked, and crabbily-served food.
Chow, Venice 2004
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I swore crabbily to myself, and started to head downstairs to the other bathroom.
idiot-milk Diary Entry idiot-milk 2004
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I asked crabbily, folding my arms across my chest.
The Year I Turned Sixteen Diane Schwemm 1998
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