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clockwisely

clockwisely adverb: clockwise.

Adverb

clockwisely (not comparable)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Clockwise.
    • When Near Brushholder and Top Field are Plus, Armature Rotates Clockwisely, and the Car moves to the left.1907, Charles Remelius, “Shop Prints of the Public Service Corporation of New Jersey”, in Street Railway Journal, volume XXX, page 1142
    • …I can still name them — at least the major ones — clockwisely, from St. James Street side….1967, Scott Symons, Combat Journal for Place D'Armes, Voyageur Classics, published 2010, page 82

Origin of clockwisely

From clockwise + -ly.

Questions about clockwisely

What does clockwisely mean?
Clockwisely means clockwise.
What part of speech is clockwisely?
Clockwisely is an adverb.

Words near clockwisely in the dictionary

  1. clockweight
  2. clockweights
  3. clockwinder
  4. clockwinders
  5. clockwise
  6. clockwisely
  7. clockwiseness
  8. clockwork
  9. clockwork orange
  10. clockwork oranges
  11. clockwork radio

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