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

Blow three times, and rub sunwise three times.

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

That was the wrong way round—the unlucky, uncanonical direction; the evil way, widdershins, the opposite of sunwise.

From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Allen, Grant

When it is a very important decision, we think, we go on with our work, we walk the sunwise circle, we wait in silence for the answer to come.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert