Crabwise
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: In the manner of a crab; sideways.
Part of speech: adverb
Definition: In the manner of a crab; sideways.
Oblique
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To deviate from a perpendicular line; to move in an oblique direction.To march in a direction oblique to the line of the column or platoon; — formerly accomplished by oblique steps, now by direct steps, the men half-facing either to the right or left.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An oblique line.The punctuation sign "/"The oblique case.
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Not erect or perpendicular; neither parallel to, nor at right angles from, the base; slanting; inclined.Not straightforward; indirect; obscure; hence, disingenuous; underhand; perverse; sinister.Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.Having the base of the blade asymmetrical, with one side larger or extending further than the other.
Example sentence: The only thing that makes a book YA is that it is about teenagers, and it is written in a very conventional, non-artsy, non-pretentious way. YA is not the place for the oblique or the cryptic. If it is in any way experimental in form, it is not YA.