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Adverb: crabbily  kra-bi-lee
  1. In an ill-tempered, snappish, or peevish manner
    "he said crabbily: 'Go away!'";
    - testily, irritably, petulantly, pettishly, waspishly
     
  2. In a peevish manner
    "Clive crabbily cried out";
    - peevishly, querulously, fractiously