also anti-clockwise
If something is moving ~, it is moving in the opposite direction to the direction in which the hands of a clock move. (BRIT)
The cutters are opened by turning the knob ~.
? clockwise
ADV: ADV after v
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Anticlockwise is also an adjective. (in AM, use counterclockwise )
...an ~ route around the coast.
ADJ: ADJ n