semi-daily

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

semi- +‎ daily

Adjective[edit]

semi-daily (not comparable)

  1. Occurring twice a day
    • 2013 February 14, Myron Medcalf, “Saddle Up: Minnesota is in trouble”, in Men's College Basketball Blog[1], ESPN:
      Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night's best basketball action.
    • 2016 August 5, Andrew Krammer, “Vikings defense works on polishing its theft techniques”, in Star Tribune[2]:
      They’re also trying to cause more fumbles, evident by a semi-daily drill in camp …
    • 2016 November 29, Malaika Fraley, East Bay Times[3]:
      … he is going to ask a higher court to intervene over the false arrests, imprisonments, and other issues that arise on a semi-daily basis …

Adverb[edit]

semi-daily (not comparable)

  1. Twice a day.
    • 2018 December 3, “Threats shut down 15 Lord Selkirk School Division schools on Monday”, in CBC News[4]:
      The documents say the 17-year-old told police he had been carrying the gun to school semi-daily since the beginning of the school year, …

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