clockwise — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   CWdextrorotatorysunwisedeasil

   Examples

   Turn the handle clockwise to open it.

Adjective

1. Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   In the southern hemisphere the flow of air around a low-pressure system is clockwise.

   The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […]

Adjective

1. in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock

   Antonyms

   counterclockwise

Adverb

1. in the direction that the hands of a clock move

   Antonyms

   counterclockwise

   Examples

   please move clockwise in a circle