twice-weekly

English

Adjective

twice-weekly (not comparable)

1. Happening twice each week; semi-weekly.
   • 1929, D H Lawrence, Pansies:

     " ... or twice-weekly whistle round your bottles."

   • 1960 December, B. Perren, “The role of the Great Central—present and future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 763:

     A through circuit working in owners' tank wagons operates on a twice-weekly basis.

   • 1998, Newsweek, Vol. 132 Issue 22, p20, 4p, 7c:

     "The twice-weekly Caregiver's Coffee Hour"

   • 2003, Margo Daly, Rough Guide to Australia, page 462:

     "For the twice-weekly Inlanders ..."

   • 2004, Wim B. van den Berg, Pierre Miossec, Cytokines and Joint Injury, page 114:

     "Further study assessed twice-weekly subcutaneous injections ..."

   • 2005, Sean Deveney, NEW points of emphasis (Sporting News), Vol. 229, Iss. 28; pg. 24, 4 pgs

     "To ease any doubts, Paul has twice-weekly conversations with a guy ..."

Translations

happening twice each week

• Italian: bisettimanale
• Turkish: haftada iki

Adverb

twice-weekly (not comparable)

1. Twice each week; semi-weekly.

Usage notes

Twice-weekly does not appear in some American dictionaries.