sunwise

American  

[suhn-wahyz] / ˈsʌnˌwaɪz /

adverb

1. in the direction of the sun's apparent daily motion.

2. in a clockwise direction.

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sunwise British  

/ ˈsʌnˌwaɪz /

adverb

1. moving in the same direction as the sun; clockwise

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Etymology

Origin of sunwise

First recorded in 1860–65; sun + -wise

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

sunwise

But the three above are sufficiently significant to show that,' following the strange sunwise progression of nations, football has moved westward.

From Time Magazine Archive

When he passed through the last hoop it wasn’t finished They spun him around sunwise and he recovered he stood up The rainbows returned him to his home, but it wasn’t over.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

Blow three times, and rub sunwise three times.

From Current Superstitions Collected from the Oral Tradition of English Speaking Folk by Fanny D. (Fanny Dickerson) Bergen

Together they walked sunwise around the marriage fire, keeping it on their right: and on the east, south, west and north sides White Bear said loudly, "Redbird is now my wife!"

From Shaman by Robert Shea

When the warriors returned from a fight they circumambulated the lodge four times, sunwise, stopping at the east just before entering.

From Siouan Sociology by James Owen Dorsey