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termly

termly

1 6.3
Happens every school term
  • adverb
  • /ˈtɜːrmli/
  • UK
: trimestralmente
  • The school organizes termly reports to update parents on student progress.

Examples

  • There are termly assessments to evaluate the students' understanding of the material.

  • We pay our tuition fees termly rather than all at once.

  • The students submit their assignments termly.

  • We review the curriculum termly to ensure quality.

  • The school organizes termly reports to update parents on student progress.

  • We pay our tuition fees termly rather than all at once.

  • There are termly assessments to evaluate the students' understanding of the material.

Synonyms

periodical
vstermly
3 4.4

Happening at regular times

is specific to the academic term, not any regular interval
semestral
vstermly
1 6.4

Happening every six months, often at a school or college

is scheduled once during each academic term rather than every six months

How Often

daily
927 1.0
weekly
278 1.0
monthly
274 1.0
termly
  • UK
1 6.3
yearly
76 1.0

Surface Forms

termly positive

Morphology

termly = term (transparent) = term + ly

The meaning is directly compositional: something done termly is done once per term.

Etymology

The word termly comes from the common word term, which comes from the Latin terminus meaning 'end' or 'fixed time'. So termly as an adverb means doing something once every school 'term' or period.