In a crabby or grumpy manner; irritably or surlily.
Adverbial form created by adding -ly to the adjective 'crabby,' transforming the quality into a description of how an action is performed.
The adverb 'crabbily' shows how English efficiently builds related words—from 'crab' we get 'crabby' (adjective), 'crabbily' (adverb), and 'crabbiness' (noun), all with different jobs.
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