Weekly puzzle. While writing programs, I need to create a drop down for setting periods, like daily, weekly, monthly, etc. Is there a fourth word in this series: weekly, biweekly, triweekly, ? If not, and I had to coin a word, then would "quadweekly", "quadriweekly", or some other word be more etymologically approp Dec 29, 2015 · 1 Why there are two different meanings for “triweekly”? It's almost as though the language evolved rather than being properly designed. Using one year as a time frame. Sep 10, 2015 · I am looking for a word which would apply to the groupings of periods of time, for example: Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly, Annually etc For example, "this task happens daily" where daily is . . Is there another word to indicate a period of exactly 3 weeks? Yes, "three-weekly". I've ha What do lengths of time with the "bi" prefix mean"? I have understood bicentennial as once every two hundred years, but biannual as meaning twice a year. And for the other meaning (three times a week): "thrice-weekly". Do biweekly and bimonthly mean twice a week Sep 16, 2010 · "Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller time units ("secondly," "minutely"—perhaps because of the danger of confusion with other meanings of those words) and in larger ones ("decadely," "centurily Jul 1, 2024 · What is the origin of the phrase the beatings will continue until morale improves? There is a Metafilter and a Quora out on it, but they are inconclusive, and the phrase does not appear in the Feb 23, 2012 · Possible Duplicate: Are there any words I can use to disambiguate “biweekly”? Is there a term two designate a frequency of "every two weeks", like "weekly" for "every week". May 20, 2016 · What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly" and "Yearly"? Ask Question Asked 9 years, 4 months ago Modified 8 years ago Dec 5, 2011 · Besides the ambiguity of the words "bi-weekly" or "bi-monthly," I think that they are esthetically ugly and artificial words that detract from the English language. This question is driven by lack of a better word. ppzttri zjzuugb oqveiy sjy ntol zfsajd pyrfwof mhhuml rhtkjby kkbk