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Synonyms & Antonyms of widdershins
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for widdershins
- anticlockwise
- [chiefly British],
- counterclockwise,
- left-handed,
- left-handedly,
- retrograde,
- reversely
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“Widdershins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widdershins. Accessed 30 Mar. 2020.
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The first known use of widdershins was in 1545
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