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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

anticlockwise, around, conservative, counterclockwise, dexter, dextral, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, earthward, head over heels, heavenward, heels over head, homeward, in a circle, in a spin, in a whirl, in circles, landward, leeward, leftward, off, positive, reactionary, right, right-hand, right-wing, right-wingish, rightward, round, round about, round and round, seaward, starboard, widdershins, windward

Dictionary Results for clockwise:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

clockwise
    adv 1: in the direction that the hands of a clock move; "please
           move clockwise in a circle" [ant: anticlockwise,
           counterclockwise]
    adj 1: in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
           [ant: anticlockwise, contraclockwise,
           counterclockwise]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clockwise \clockwise\ adj.
   1. -- of rotatory motion. dextral
      [WordNet 1.5]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clockwise \clock"wise`\, a. & adv.
   in the same direction as the hands of a clock rotate, as
   viewed from in front of the clock face; -- said of that
   direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a
   plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative. Also said of
   the direction of a spiral, in which case the term
   right-handed is more common. Opposite of
   counterclockwise, and left-handed.

   Syn: right-handed, dextrorotary, dextrorotatory.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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