fortnightly

Examples

• All

• My benefits just about cover my normal bills, but because some are paid weekly, some fortnightly, and others monthly, I can't always pay things on time.

  Academic text (2010)

• Mel, Lisa, Jenny, Kitty, and I have got together and have come up with a new fortnightly challenge, Inky Chicks.

  Blog text (20)

• The data were collected fortnightly in the morning and evening from July 2011 to June 2012.

  Academic text (2015)

• Payments are typically monthly or fortnightly, both if you play your cards right!

  Blog text (34)

• The taskforce called for supervision to be weekly in the first six weeks of employment and fortnightly for the rest of the first six months.

  Academic text (2010)

• The group consists of approximately 25 to 30 farmers who attend the field school weekly or fortnightly to learn through discoveries and simple experimentation.

  Academic text (2013)

• For example, the principal of Assisi College holds fortnightly formal meetings with the library, ICT, and curriculum leaders to evaluate the iCentre's progress and discuss future plans.

  Academic text (2015)

• The organization holds fortnightly meetings to discuss progress on their community projects.

• She receives a fortnightly newsletter that updates her on local events and activities.

• The magazine is published fortnightly, providing readers with the latest news and features every two weeks.

Synonyms

B

biweekly

vsfortnightly

2 3.7

Happening every two weeks

is the adjectival or adverbial form used for that same timing

B

bimonthly

vsfortnightly

2 3.5

Happening twice a month, about every two weeks

is the same fourteen day schedule rather than a different monthly pattern

S

semimonthly

vsfortnightly

4.3

Happening twice each month, for example on the first and fifteenth

is based on a regular fourteen day interval instead of calendar dates

How Often

daily

∞ 1.0

weekly

323 1.0

fortnightly

• UK

1 5.6

monthly

246 1.0

yearly

75 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology