adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
in a clockwise/anticlockwise direction (= like or unlike the movement of the hands of a clock )
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All movement on a roundabout is in a clockwise direciton.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Turn the dial clockwise .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At a more complex psychological level, motion that spirals clockwise connects us to the Sun.
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Dabblers like the mallard seem to demand that the spiral moves clockwise from the eye over the full round forehead.
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Does it go clockwise or anti-clockwise? clockwise?
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In the other half of the year the apparent spiral stays clockwise but shrinks rather than expands.
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Once the first bid has been made, the game moves clockwise in the circle.
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The Sun, the Moon, the planets and stars seem to move clockwise across the northern sky.
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U/V filters clockwise from top: Uvaq: Cyprio.
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We set off clockwise around the nubble to pick our dinner.