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Meanings of anti-clockwise in English

In the opposite direction of how the hands of an analogue clock move.

Usage of anti-clockwise in English
1
The long duck penis is corkscrew shaped, twisting in an anti-clockwise manner.
BBC
2
If you go anti-clockwise around, you are too tired to make the diversion.
The Irish Times
3
Left-handers should move the same distance anti-clockwise in all cases.
The Guardian
4
Life is a freezer, and it is anti-clockwise to boot.
The Irish Times
5
The plunging temperatures result from the polar vortex, an anti-clockwise pool of cold, dense air.
BBC
6
I clicked the arrows anti-clockwise along each of them, looking for a gap between the buildings.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
7
Pilgrims walk around the base of the mountain, clockwise or anti-clockwise, depending on their ritual allegiances.
The Guardian
8
The subsequent loop round the Isle of Dogs became run anti-clockwise instead of clockwise as before.
The Guardian
9
Since the Ring road is very narrow in places, tour buses now travel in an anti-clockwise direction.
The Irish Times
10
He spun the air inlet controls; impatiently, he watched as the altimeter needle began its anti-clockwise movement.
Warning from the Stars
11
Sydney races clockwise while Melbourne is anti-clockwise.
News.com.au
12
I told you before -not anti-clockwise.'
Dr Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party
13
The Highways Agency warned drivers to expect "severe delays" on the anti-clockwise part of the motorway.
BBC
14
At March's direction, they turned anti-clockwise.
Fatherland
15
If the disc is turned in an anti-clockwise direction, the lines seem to move towards the circumference and disappear.
Things To Make
16
The writer walked tuathal or anti-clockwise in the Silvermines but the arrows on the map point deiseal or clockwise.
The Irish Times
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Anti-clockwise through the time