contraclockwise

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The Bontoc Igorot dances in a circle, and he follows the circle contraclockwise.

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  1. in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock; counterclockwise. Opposite of clockwise.

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  1. in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock

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  • The Bontoc Igorot dances in a circle, and he follows the circle contraclockwise. —  The Bontoc Igorot
  • A group of eight or ten men formed, as is shown in Pl. CXXXI, and danced contraclockwise around and around the small circle. —  The Bontoc Igorot
 

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