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semi-hourly

semi-hourly is the alternative form of semihourly.

Meaning of semihourly

Adjective

semihourly (not comparable)

  1. (properly) Half-hourly: occurring every thirty minutes.
    • The warship rang its semihourly bell, announcing it was now half past 10 o'clock.
  2. (inexact) Roughly (but not exactly) hourly: occurring around every sixty minutes.

See all 4 meanings of semihourly

Questions about semi-hourly

What is semi-hourly the alternative form of?
Semi-hourly is the alternative form of semihourly.

Words near semi-hourly in the dictionary

  1. semi-hibernation
  2. semi-hibernations
  3. semi-highway
  4. semi-highways
  5. semi-homemade
  6. semi-hourly
  7. semi-human
  8. semi-humans
  9. semi-identical
  10. semi-incarcerated
  11. semi-incarceration

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