EGAVE

counterclockwise

About 0.88 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adverb In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
  2. adjective Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.

Similar words

contraclockwise anticlockwise left-handed levorotatory levorotary widdershins counter-clockwise left rotate contrary

Often followed by

direction rotation from around to in and as until

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