Adjective: contraclockwise ,kón-tru'klók,wIz
Usage: non-standard
Usage: non-standard
- In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
"The dancers moved contraclockwise around the room";
- counterclockwise [N. Amer], anticlockwise [Brit]
See also: laevorotatory [Brit, Cdn], left-handed, levorotary [US], levorotatory [N. Amer], sinistral
Antonym: clockwise