crabwise

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

The practical process of mounting an opera is much more crabwise than one might suspect.

“Down to the river, ma’am, to collect specimens,” I said, edging crabwise out the door.

He was younger than Netta, imprisoned in a portable-fence arrangement in which he moved tirelessly, crabwise, hanging on a barrier he could easily have climbed.

As it is, the next chapter dutifully returns to Lennon and Cornelius and their crabwise slog toward the mysterious island where Lennon will experience his epiphany.