— crabbedly , adv. — crabbedness , n.
/krab"id/ , adj.
1. grouchy; ill-natured; irritable; churlish.
2. perverse; contrary; obstinate.
3. hard to understand; intricate and obscure.
4. difficult to read or decipher, as handwriting.
[ 1250-1300; ME; see CRAB 1 , -ED 3 ]
Syn. 1. cross, peevish, cantankerous.