triweekly

American  

[trahy-week-lee] / traɪˈwik li /

adverb

1. every three weeks.

2. three times a week.

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adjective

1. occurring or appearing every three weeks.

2. occurring or appearing three times a week.

noun

triweeklies plural

1. a triweekly publication.

triweekly British  

/ traɪˈwiːklɪ /

adjective

1. every three weeks

2. three times a week

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noun

1. a triweekly publication

Usage

What does triweekly mean? Triweekly is commonly used to mean one of two things: once every three weeks or three times per week. It can be used this way as an adjective, as in a triweekly meeting, or an adverb, as in We plan to meet triweekly. Yes, you can sometimes figure out what triweekly means from the context of the sentence. But not always. The term triweekly meeting might mean that it happens three times a week or every three weeks—both senses of the word are commonly used. Here’s the best (and maybe only) way to be perfectly clear: just say “three times a week” or “once every three weeks.”Triweekly can also be used as a noun referring to a publication that’s published three times per week or once every three weeks (as opposed to a daily or weekly, for example). Examples:

• New episodes of my triweekly podcast come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
• Let’s plan to meet triweekly, on every third Thursday.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• triweeklies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of triweekly

First recorded in 1825–35; tri- + weekly