sunwise

[ suhn-wahyz ]

/ ˈsʌnˌwaɪz /

adverb

in the direction of the sun's apparent daily motion.

in a clockwise direction.

Origin of sunwise

First recorded in 1860–65; sun + -wise

Words nearby sunwise

Sun Valley, sun visor, sunward, sunwards, sun wheel, sunwise, Sunyata, Sun Yat-sen, suo jure, suo loco, Suomi

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Example sentences from the Web for sunwise

The course about the fields was sunwise, to have a good influence.
The Book of Hallowe'en|Ruth Edna Kelley
Four of these circuits are sunwise; five, if a half-circuit be included, run counter-sunwise.
Seven Mohave Myths|A. L. Kroeber
That was the wrong way round—the unlucky, uncanonical direction; the evil way, widdershins, the opposite of sunwise.
Hilda Wade|Grant Allen
The circuit used by the decorator of this box is dextral or sunwise.
Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895|Jesse Walter Fewkes

A wheel and a spindle were used: the wheel, the sun symbol, was turned from east to west, sunwise.
The Book of Hallowe'en|Ruth Edna Kelley

British Dictionary definitions for sunwise

sunwise

/ (ˈsʌnˌwaɪz) /

adverb

moving in the same direction as the sun; clockwise

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	sunwise
释义	sunwise [ suhn-wahyz ] / ˈsʌnˌwaɪz / adverb in the direction of the sun's apparent daily motion. in a clockwise direction. Origin of sunwise First recorded in 1860–65; sun + -wise Words nearby sunwise Sun Valley, sun visor, sunward, sunwards, sun wheel, sunwise, Sunyata, Sun Yat-sen, suo jure, suo loco, Suomi Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sunwise The course about the fields was sunwise, to have a good influence. The Book of Hallowe'en\|Ruth Edna Kelley Four of these circuits are sunwise; five, if a half-circuit be included, run counter-sunwise. Seven Mohave Myths\|A. L. Kroeber That was the wrong way round—the unlucky, uncanonical direction; the evil way, widdershins, the opposite of sunwise. Hilda Wade\|Grant Allen The circuit used by the decorator of this box is dextral or sunwise. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895\|Jesse Walter Fewkes A wheel and a spindle were used: the wheel, the sun symbol, was turned from east to west, sunwise. The Book of Hallowe'en\|Ruth Edna Kelley British Dictionary definitions for sunwise sunwise / (ˈsʌnˌwaɪz) / adverb moving in the same direction as the sun; clockwise Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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