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biweekly

/baɪˈwiːkli/

adjective

What it means

  1. not comparableOccurring once every two weeks; fortnightly.

    Synonyms: fortnightly, twi-weekly

  2. not comparableOccurring twice a week.

    Synonyms: twice-weekly, semiweekly

In a sentence

The local paper is a biweekly.

Where it comes from

From bi- + week + -ly. The sense referring to twice a week can be analyzed as bi- + weekly.

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