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Definition of Crabbedly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crabbedly
Literary usage of Crabbedly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gate Beautiful: Being Principles and Methods in Vital Art Education by John Ward Stimson (1903)
"... lightness, and decorative design— to a degree superior to the lower and more
crabbedly combative or voracious insects we have considered. ..."
2. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"Pox gives a strong proof of this, for he makes use of Burke's speech as a repertory,
and by stating crabbedly two or three of those ideas which Burke has ..."
3. Critical and Miscellaneous Essays by Thomas Carlyle (1860)
"The French, in these very days, have accepted their Sunday as crabbedly as the
Germans parted with their Second Sundays, or Holidays, when forced to do it. ..."
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