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

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

She began to walk the sunwise circle around White Bear's bed, from the east to the south, White Bear on her right.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

Ringworm may be killed by moistening the finger in the mouth and rubbing sunwise around the diseased spot.

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

Let me walk the sunwise circle Into the night that hides this man.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert