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crabwise

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crab·wise  (krbwz)
adv.
1. Sideways.
2. In a furtive or circumspect manner; indirectly.
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Adj.1.crabwise - (of movement) at an angle
oblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"


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From here, you are drawn crabwise by a great splash of luminance to the focal space, the top-lit central atrium.
 
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