semiweekly
Americanadjective
noun
adverb
Usage
What does semiweekly mean? Semiweekly means twice a week. It can be used this way as an adjective, as in a semiweekly meeting, or an adverb, as in We plan to meet semiweekly. The word biweekly is a synonym, but it can also mean once every two weeks. Although semiweekly is typically only used to mean twice a week—not every two weeks—it can still be confusing. The best (and maybe only) way to be perfectly clear is to just say “twice a week.”Semiweekly can also be used as a noun referring to a publication that’s published twice per week (as opposed to a weekly or daily, for example). Example: Let’s plan to meet semiweekly, every Tuesday and Friday.
Commonly Confused
See bi- 1.
Etymology
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Example Sentences
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For a semiweekly cleaning of a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo, prices ranged from $83 to $225.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2022
Editor’s note: This is one in a weekly or semiweekly series called “Player Plan,” analyzing key Mariners players or prospects, looking back on their 2020 seasons and ahead to the offseason and 2021.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2020
In his semiweekly coronavirus briefing, Carney said Tuesday that he was “very disappointed” by the letter.
From Washington Times • May 19, 2020
After living in the center’s residential treatment program in upstate New York, she moved to all-day treatment in Brooklyn that became semiweekly.
From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2016
Monthly, weekly, semiweekly, the drains in our house clogged.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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