- a variation of withershins.
widdershins
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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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
Likewise and in the second circle, Whilk I drew widdershins, It is nae skaith the radii baith, A B, AC, be twins.
From From a Cornish Window A New Edition by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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
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
There's a hubble of the mothaship, whirlagig and widdershins around our rock.
From Shadow of the Mothaship by Doctorow, Cory
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