| adj. | 1. | - of rotatory motion. |
| a. & adv. | 1. | 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 |
| Adj. | 1. | clockwise - in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock Antonyms: anticlockwise, contraclockwise, counterclockwise - in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock |
| Adv. | 1. | clockwise - in the direction that the hands of a clock move; "please move clockwise in a circle" Antonyms: anticlockwise, counterclockwise - in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move; "please move counterclockwise in a circle!" |