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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Sunwise

· Sun·wise · IPA
01 adv. In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same directi…
  1. 1.
    In the direction of the sun's apparent motion, or from the east southward and westward, and so around the circle; also, in the same direction as the movement of the hands of a watch lying face upward.