biweekly

[bahy-week-lee]

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adjective

occurring every two weeks.
occurring twice a week; semiweekly.

noun, plural bi·week·lies.

a periodical issued every other week.

adverb

every two weeks.
twice a week.

Origin of biweekly

First recorded in 1880–85; bi-¹ + weekly

Can be confusedbimonthly biweekly semimonthly (see usage note at bi-¹)biweekly semiweekly (see usage note at bi-¹)

Usage note

See bi-¹.

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Examples from the Web for bi-weekly

Contemporary Examples

For a person making $50,000, that cut meant an extra $1,000 in income, or about $40 for every bi-weekly paycheck.
Why Walmart Will Be Hurt by the Fiscal Cliff
Daniel Gross
December 14, 2012
Robert J. Samuelson has written a bi-weekly column for Newsweek since 1984.
How Obama's State of the Union Muddied the Budget Debate
Robert J. Samuelson
January 26, 2011

Historical Examples

An' Ben Watson asked could he have a copy to put in the Bi-weekly.
The Best Short Stories of 1917
Various
A bi-weekly service for both passengers and mails was at once planned.
Opportunities in Aviation
Arthur Sweetser
At first they were weekly, then bi-weekly, and finally daily.
Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo
Louis Guimbaud
Published bi-weekly by some syndicats of the building-trades.
Syndicalism in France
Louis Levine
This is the first issue of the Norwich Mercury as a bi-weekly newspaper.
Yarmouth Notes
Frederick Danby Palmer

British Dictionary definitions for bi-weekly

biweekly

adjective, adverb

every two weeks
(often avoided because of confusion with sense 1) twice a week; semiweeklySee bi- 1

noun plural -lies

a periodical published every two weeks

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Word Origin and History for bi-weekly

biweekly

adj.

also bi-weekly, 1865, from bi- + weekly. The sense "twice a week" is the first attested, but that of "every two weeks" is equally implied.

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Examples from the Web for bi-weekly

Contemporary Examples

For a person making $50,000, that cut meant an extra $1,000 in income, or about $40 for every bi-weekly paycheck.

Robert J. Samuelson has written a bi-weekly column for Newsweek since 1984.

Historical Examples

An' Ben Watson asked could he have a copy to put in the Bi-weekly.

A bi-weekly service for both passengers and mails was at once planned.

At first they were weekly, then bi-weekly, and finally daily.

Published bi-weekly by some syndicats of the building-trades.

This is the first issue of the Norwich Mercury as a bi-weekly newspaper.

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Word Origin and History for bi-weekly

biweekly

adj.

Origin of biweekly