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

Example Sentences

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

He propagates them tirelessly in books, in classrooms, in testimony before congressional committees, in private chats with policymakers, and in a triweekly column for Newsweek.

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

And in addition to room service from Wolfgang Puck, the Hotel Oceana in Santa Monica, Calif., offers a triweekly jump on the day with a 6 a.m. "run" with hotel general manager Seth Horowitz.

From Time Magazine Archive

When Dick came down with the triweekly barrel of water he was astonished to see Qui-tha slowly weaving yucca stalks into the wire that now bound the poles of the cook tent.

From The Forbidden Trail by Morrow, Honoré