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 …

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. Do biweekly and bimonthly mean …

Aug 22, 2017 · What's the generic word for weekly/monthly etc. service? Ask Question Asked 8 years, 3 months ago Modified 8 years, 3 months 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.

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. Is there another word to indicate a …

May 20, 2016 · What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly" and "Yearly"? Ask Question Asked 9 years, 6 months ago Modified 8 years, 3 months ago

Jan 31, 2019 · A more formal word for yearly would be annual. I pay my school loans annually I pay my rent check monthly or _____. What is the equivalent of “annual” for “monthly"?

While one question could be about what does bi- stand for, my question is what better one word is there for 6 months like daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly. My guess it there might be one that I …

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The problem with trying to sound clever by coining something from roots and prefixes is that the people who grok quadriweekly or quadweekly quickly and intuitively will also understand it's …