biweekly

[ bahy-week-lee ]
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adjective
  1. occurring every two weeks.

  2. occurring twice a week; semiweekly.

noun,plural bi·week·lies.
  1. a periodical issued every other week.

adverb
  1. every two weeks.

  2. twice a week.

Origin of biweekly

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

confusables note For biweekly

See bi-1.

Words that may be confused with biweekly

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British Dictionary definitions for biweekly

biweekly

/ (baɪˈwiːklɪ) /


adjective, adverb
  1. every two weeks

  2. (often avoided because of confusion with sense 1) twice a week; semiweekly: See bi- 1

nounplural -lies
  1. a periodical published every two weeks

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