crabwise

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The prose mostly has the crabwise gait of a Wikipedia entry.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

That’s a conflict the show is sidling up to crabwise, and I really do wonder what will happen if and when it finally confronts machismo head-on.

From Slate • Feb. 14, 2019

Lehman says that in 1986, with Mikhail Gorbachev inching crabwise toward acknowledging the Soviet Union’s terminal sclerosis, “the most delicate period of the Reagan naval strategy began.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2018

It does not mean anything to “ant” or to “beetle” though you can certainly crab along or move crabwise.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2012

Kate turned and walked crabwise back to her room.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck