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twi-weekly

twi-weekly adjective: bi-weekly.

Adjective

twi-weekly (comparative more twi-weekly, superlative most twi-weekly)

  1. (rare) bi-weekly
    • The result of this liberty was that a number of weekly or twi-weekly news-sheets were soon started, which, though they were small and at first but poorly furnished with news, laid the foundation of our present-day newspaper press, wielding a power that makes the world one vast judgment-hall, and to...1898, Alfred Thomas Story, The building of the British Empire, page 16
    • As a consequence of the opening of the Simplon tunnel in May, Consul J. A. Smith, of Leghorn, reports that a twi-weekly "train de luxe" is to be placed in service over the new route for passengers between England and Italy via Calais, Paris, Lausanne, and Milan.1906, The Railway World, volume 50, page 593

Adverb

twi-weekly (comparative more twi-weekly, superlative most twi-weekly)

  1. (rare) bi-weekly

Forms of twi-weekly

Adjective
comparativemore twi-weekly
superlativemost twi-weekly
Adverb
comparativemore twi-weekly
superlativemost twi-weekly

Origin of twi-weekly

From twi- + weekly.

Questions about twi-weekly

What does twi-weekly mean?
Twi-weekly means bi-weekly.
What part of speech is twi-weekly?
Twi-weekly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near twi-weekly in the dictionary

  1. twi-tard
  2. twi-tards
  3. twi-thought
  4. twi-thoughts
  5. twi-tongued
  6. twi-weekly
  7. twibel
  8. Twibell
  9. twibil
  10. twibill
  11. twibills

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