clockwise

clockwise
/klok"wuyz'/, adv.
1. in the direction of the rotation of the hands of a clock as viewed from the front or above; circularly to the right from a point taken as the top.
adj.
2. directed clockwise: a clockwise movement.
[1885-90; CLOCK1 + -WISE]

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