At a more complex psychological level, motion that spirals clockwise connects us to the Sun.
Dabblers like the mallard seem to demand that the spiral moves clockwise from the eye over the full round forehead.
Does it go clockwise or anti-clockwise? clockwise?
In the other half of the year the apparent spiral stays clockwise but shrinks rather than expands.
Once the first bid has been made, the game moves clockwise in the circle.
The Sun, the Moon, the planets and stars seem to move clockwise across the northern sky.
U/V filters clockwise from top: Uvaq: Cyprio.
We set off clockwise around the nubble to pick our dinner.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES►in a clockwise/anticlockwise direction
(=like or unlike the movement of the hands of a clock)· All movement on a roundabout is in a clockwise direction.
in the same direction as the hands of a clock moveOPP anticlockwise, counterclockwise: Screw the lid on clockwise.—clockwise adjective →anticlockwise, counterclockwise