sexagesimally

English

Etymology

From sexagesimal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

sexagesimally (not comparable)

  1. In the sexagesimal system.
    • 2014 November 24, Michael Thomas De Vlieger, “Multiplication Tables of Various Bases”, in The Number Base‎[1], archived from the original on 6 February 2023, page 43:
      Thus a time like 6:40, if seen purely sexagesimally, might be better interpreted as (6⅔ × sixty), (1/9 × sixty-squared), (24 × 52), or 400.
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