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duodecimally

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From duodecimal + -ly.

  1. In a duodecimal manner; by twelves.

    But time is divided by nature duodecimally, not decimally.

  2. In terms of base twelve.

    The sizes and names of the accepted Anglo-American standards are retained as faithfully as possible, and these are adjusted by minor changes into a duodecimally unified metric system.