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half-hourly

half-hourly

1 3.6
Happens every thirty minutes
  • adjective
  • /ˈhæfˈaʊərli/
translation icon : cada media hora
  • The bus services run half-hourly, so you won't have to wait long for the next one.
  • half-hourly checks

Examples

  • During the conference, we had half-hourly breaks to allow participants some time to refresh.

  • NPR's anchors repeated the news in their hourly and half-hourly updates.

    Blog text (21)

  • Are you still running the half-hourly checks?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • Metro currently has a half-hourly frequency on the 169 and hourly on the 168.

    Blog text (14)

  • Our staff conducts half-hourly meetings to ensure everyone is updated on the project's progress.

How Often

half-hourly
1 3.6
hourly
11 1.0
daily
∞ 1.0
weekly
323 1.0

Surface Forms

half-hourly positive

Morphology

half-hourly = half-hour (transparent) = half + hour + ly

The compound 'half-hour' clearly denotes thirty minutes, and adding '-ly' yields an adjective/adverb meaning 'every thirty minutes'.

Etymology

The word half-hourly is made from simple parts: half ('half'), hour ('sixty minutes') and the ending -ly that makes time words like hourly. So, half-hourly means something that happens every thirty minutes.