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

Noun Inflected Forms

• triweeklies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of triweekly

First recorded in 1825–35; tri- + weekly

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

triweekly

Etta crouched into proper form, per her triweekly training with Eric Cafferty, her coach, and confidently exhaled as she lifted a chalk-dusted barbell bearing 143 pounds off the floor.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018

One triweekly in the same fast-growing area went for $25,000 ten years ago, and this month the new owner turned down offers ten times as high.

From Time Magazine Archive

College Topics, University of Virginia's triweekly paper, in one of its last fortnight's issues, suggested a platform of 17 changes towards "the improvement of the general situation."

From Time Magazine Archive

The shock was felt most keenly by Livermore's other paper, the Herald and News, a triweekly that has been around for 86 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is a post office in the village, through which a triweekly mail passes to and from Natchez.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Jonathon Holt Ingraham