widdershins

British  

/ ˈwɪdər-, ˈwɪdəˌʃɪnz /

adverb

1. a variant spelling of withershins

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Example Sentences

Sandy Dennis, with her wiggly mouth and widdershins acting style, might as well have a curl in the middle of her forehead.

From Time Magazine Archive

And when they came to that part of the beach where strange things had been done in the ancient ages, lo, there was the crone, and she was dancing widdershins.

From Fables by Stevenson, Robert Louis

She made his bed on the roof of the four-poster, and widdershins, as he ordered; and they slept that night, the wife as usual, and Joby up close to the rafters.

From Wandering Heath by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

And, lo! the nurse fell upon the beach as it were two handfuls of dead leaves, and the wind whirled them widdershins, and the sand lice hopped between.

From Fables by Stevenson, Robert Louis

When it began, their reporters would take down everything that was said, writing widdershins, very diligently, very slowly, in their solemn picture language.

From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Macaulay, Rose, Dame