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twice-weekly

twice-weekly adjective: happening twice each week; semi-weekly.

Adjective

twice-weekly (not comparable)

  1. Happening twice each week; semi-weekly.
    • " ... or twice-weekly whistle round your bottles."1929, D H Lawrence, Pansies
    • A through circuit working in owners' tank wagons operates on a twice-weekly basis.1960 December, B. Perren, “The role of the Great Central—present and future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 763

Adverb

twice-weekly (not comparable)

  1. Twice each week; semi-weekly.

Examples of twice-weekly in a sentence

  • "The twice-weekly Caregiver's Coffee Hour"1998, Newsweek, Vol. 132 Issue 22, p20, 4p, 7c:
  • "Further study assessed twice-weekly subcutaneous injections ..."2004, Wim B. van den Berg, Pierre Miossec, Cytokines and Joint Injury, page 114:

Questions about twice-weekly

What does twice-weekly mean?
Twice-weekly means happening twice each week; semi-weekly.
How do you use twice-weekly in a sentence?
"The twice-weekly Caregiver's Coffee Hour"
What part of speech is twice-weekly?
Twice-weekly can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near twice-weekly in the dictionary

  1. twice-exceptionalities
  2. twice-exceptionality
  3. twice-laid
  4. twice-stabbed stink bug
  5. twice-told
  6. twice-weekly
  7. twice-yearly
  8. twiced
  9. twicer
  10. twicers
  11. twicet

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