1. in the direction of the sun’s apparent motion; clockwise
Usage: archaic; Scottish

1. moving or directed in the direction of the sun’s apparent motion; clockwise
Usage: archaic; Scottish

Examples

• The dancers moved sunwise around the maypole.
• He walked sunwise around the ancient stone circle.
• The ritual required participants to circle the fire sunwise three times.
• The old tradition called for stirring the mixture in a sunwise direction.
• They followed the sunwise path around the sacred grove.
• The ceremony began with a sunwise procession around the altar.