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Adjective: clockwise  'klók,wIz
  1. In the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
    "The dancers moved in a clockwise circle"
Adverb: clockwise  'klók,wIz
  1. In the direction that the hands of a clock move
    "please move clockwise in a circle"

See also: dextral, dextrorotary, dextrorotatory, right-handed

Antonym: anticlockwise [Brit], contraclockwise [non-standard]

Encyclopedia: Clockwise