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fortnightly

/ˈfɔːɹtˌnaɪt.li/

fortnightly adjective: occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks.

Adjective

fortnightly (not comparable)

  1. Occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks.

Adverb

fortnightly (not comparable)

  1. once in a fortnight; once every two weeks
    • That's where my column appears, in the Greenville Herald, fortnightly.1970, Lee Smith, "Between the Lines", as reprinted in, 2010, Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger, 2011 paperback edition, page 184...

Noun

fortnightly (plural fortnightlies)

  1. A publication issued fortnightly (once every two weeks).
    Synonyms:
    biweekly

fortnightly meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Indonesian

fortnightly in Hindi

occurring once in a fortnight
पाक्षिक pākṣik
once in a fortnight
पाक्षिक pākṣik
a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
पाक्षिक pākṣik

fortnightly in Tamil

திங்களிருமுறையாக, இரு வாரத்துக்கு ஒருமுறை

fortnightly in Telugu

a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
పక్షపత్రిక pakṣapatrika

fortnightly in Indonesian

occurring once in a fortnight
dwimingguan
a publication issued fortnightly; a bi-weekly
dwimingguan

Synonyms of fortnightly

Forms of fortnightly

pluralfortnightlies

Origin of fortnightly

From fortnight + -ly.

Questions about fortnightly

What does fortnightly mean?
Fortnightly means occurring once in a fortnight; once every two weeks.
What is fortnightly in Hindi?
Fortnightly in Hindi is पाक्षिक (pākṣik). See Fortnightly meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is fortnightly?
Fortnightly can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce fortnightly?
Fortnightly is pronounced /ˈfɔːɹtˌnaɪt.li/.

Words near fortnightly in the dictionary

  1. fortneths
  2. Fortney
  3. Fortneys
  4. fortnight
  5. fortnightlies
  6. fortnightly
  7. fortnights
  8. fortnite
  9. Fortniter
  10. Fortniters
  11. fortnites

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fortnightly (page history and authors); fortnightly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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