Meanings
adjectivehalf-hourly (not comparable)
- not comparableOnce every half-hour, every 30 minutes.
a half-hourly train service
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A new half-hourly service between Stratford [Greater London] and Meridian Water was introduced on 9 September by Greater Anglia.
2019 October, “Lee Valley shuttle service launched”, in Modern Railways, page 18
adverbhalf-hourly (not comparable)
- not comparableAt intervals of a half-hour, every 30 minutes.
Take this medicine half-hourly.
Synonyms: twice-hourly
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbAt intervals of a half-hour, every 30 minutes.
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twice-hourly
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More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveoccurring ever half hour
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic كل نصف ساعة
- كل نصف ساعةtwice an hour
Chinese Mandarin 每半小時 /每半小时
- 每半小時 /每半小时 (měi bàn xiǎoshí)twice an hour
Esperanto duonhore
- duonhoretwice an hour
Finnish puolen tunnin välein
- puolen tunnin väleintwice an hour
German jede halbe Stunde
- jede halbe Stundetwice an hour
Japanese 30分おきに
- 30分おきに (sanjippun oki ni)twice an hour
Russian получасово́й, ка́ждые полчаса́
- получасово́й (polučasovój)half-hourly
- ка́ждые полчаса́ (káždyje polčasá)twice an hour
- два ра́за в ча́с (dva ráza v čás)twice an hour
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APA
half-hourly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-hourly
MLA
“half-hourly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-hourly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “half-hourly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/half-hourly.
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