clockwise

3 2.3

Moving in the same direction as the hands of a clock

adjective
/ˈklɑːkˌwaɪz/

: horario

Most powwow dances move in a circle in a clockwise direction.
clockwise direction
move clockwise

So we should all be tying our shoelaces like this clockwise around the loop.

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Examples

We'll start with him, go clockwise after that.

Circle (2015)
The dancers moved in a clockwise direction around the fire.
So we know it's going clockwise when you look at it from the top.
I roll clockwise like the way a clock goes.
So we go clockwise around the whole thing.
On the count of three, I want you to pull it up, turn it clockwise, push it back down.

Flight (2012)
So a negative angle goes in a clockwise direction.
You can only go clockwise around San Antonio.
When I left, the circles continued in a clockwise fashion.

Fiction book (1991)
Dancers face inward in a circle and move sideways in a clockwise direction.

Academic text (2003)

Synonyms

right-handed

vsclockwise

Specialized

1 2.8

Rotating to the right, like a screw that tightens when turned clockwise

is the common term for turning in the usual forward circular direction

Antonyms

counterclockwise

9 3.3

Moving in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock

Compounds

clockwise rotation

1 3.5

A movement that turns in the same direction as the hands of a clock

Surface Forms

clockwise positive

Morphology

clockwise = clock (transparent) = clock + wise

Formed by adding the productive derivational suffix '-wise' to 'clock', meaning 'in the manner/direction of a clock', which learners can directly infer.

Etymology

Clockwise comes from clock and the ending -wise, which means 'in the way of'. So, it means moving in the same direction as the 'hands of a clock', and imagining a clock's hands makes the meaning easy to remember.