Similar words: wisecrack, wise, nowise, wiser, crab, unwise, wise up, wisely. Meaning: adj. (of movement) at an angle.
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1. I moved crabwise along the edge of the cliff.
2. John Smith is still moving crabwise towards modernity.
3. He had sidled up to it crabwise but to his surprise Tory Central Office had welcomed him.
4. If you forget, the helicopter will resume flying crabwise and give you a fairly gentle reminder.
5. Kenny, struggling with too many chairs, moved crabwise towards the door.
6. The plane staggered and refused to fly straight; it lurched crabwise out of one shell-blast and into another.
7. As an actor he had his own peculiar way of walking crabwise across a stage.
8. By 10th grade, I’d developed a Quasimodo-like posture and crabwise walk, hoping to escape being teased as a “brain” or a “chink,” and then finding being ignored almost equally painful.
More similar words: wisecrack, wise, nowise, wiser, crab, unwise, wise up, wisely, get wise, wisent, anywise, crabs, otherwise, wise man, wise men, wise guy, crabby, unwisely, stepwise, edgewise, likewise, be wise to, sidewise, get wise to, crabbed, coastwise, clockwise, crosswise, or otherwise, none the wiser.