'Crabbedly' definitions:

Definition of 'Crabbedly'

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  • Crabbed \Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See Crab,n.]
  • 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. [1913 Webster]
  • Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. "Crabbed eloquence." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- {Crab"bed*ly}, adv. -- {Crab"bed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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