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half-hourly

half-hourly adjective: once every half-hour, every 30 minutes.

Adjective

half-hourly (not comparable)

  1. Once every half-hour, every 30 minutes.
    • a half-hourly train service
    • 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

Adverb

half-hourly (not comparable)

  1. At intervals of a half-hour, every 30 minutes.
    • Take this medicine half-hourly.
    Synonyms:
    twice-hourly

half-hourly meaning in Arabic

half-hourly in Arabic

twice an hour
كل نصف ساعة

Synonyms of half-hourly

Origin of half-hourly

From half-hour + -ly.

Questions about half-hourly

What does half-hourly mean?
Half-hourly means once every half-hour, every 30 minutes.
What is half-hourly in Arabic?
Half-hourly in Arabic is كل نصف ساعة. See Half-hourly meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is half-hourly?
Half-hourly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near half-hourly in the dictionary

  1. half-hitches
  2. half-holiday
  3. half-holidays
  4. half-hour
  5. half-hourlong
  6. half-hourly
  7. half-hours
  8. half-human
  9. half-humans
  10. half-hunter
  11. half-hunters

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