adverb
- in a bad-tempered, irritable, or morose manner
- in a difficult, obscure, or hard-to-understand manner
Usage: less common
Examples
- He crabbedly refused to help with the project.
- She spoke crabbedly to everyone who approached her that morning.
- The old man crabbedly muttered complaints under his breath.
- The instructions were written so crabbedly that no one could follow them.
- He responded crabbedly to every question asked of him.