adv. [f. TWELFTH a.] In the twelfth place; as the twelfth in a series.
c. 1532. Du Wes, Introd. Fr., in Palsgr., 929.
a. 1642. Sir W. Monson, Naval Tracts, III. (1704), 322/1. Twelfthly, They should make quarterly Payments.
1644. Prynne & Walker, Fienness Trial, 82. Twelfely, Might not every Governour and Generall upon this pretence deliver up any Fort?
1693. J. Edwards, Author. O. & N. Test., 181. Twelfthly, we read in several authors [etc.].
1787. Pennsylvania Packet, 2 April, 3/2. Twelfthly, Because these arrearages have long since been appropriated to the redemption [printed -toin] of the bills of credit.
1864. Sydney Morning Herald, 14 June, 8/1. Twelfthly, an indefinite devise to trustees passes the whole fee for the testator, unless upon a trust confined to a life or lives.