adverb

clockwise

clockwise

Please turn the knob clockwise.

Please turn the knob clockwise.

((verb)) clockwise to move in the direction of a clock's hands Please turn the knob clockwise.

Antonyms: counterclockwise, anticlockwise

From 'clock' + '-wise' (in the manner of). It literally means 'in the direction of a clock's hands'.

Imagine the hands of an analog clock moving from 1 to 2 to 3. That's the clockwise direction.

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