moonwise

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adverb

Anticlockwise.

Opposite
sunwise
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adverbmoonwise (not comparable)
  1. nonstandardnot comparableAnticlockwise.

    Set moonwise in the midnight of her hair

    1891, James Whitcomb Riley, The Flying Islands of the Night, page 28

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
sunwise

Origin

From moon + -wise.

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Cite this entry
APA

moonwise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonwise

MLA

“moonwise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonwise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “moonwise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/moonwise.

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