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half-hourly

adj

Etymology

From half-hour + -ly.

  1. derived from *yóh₁r̥✻
  2. derived from ὥρα
  3. derived from hōra
  4. derived from houre
  5. inherited from houre
  6. prefixed as half-hour — “half- + hour”
  7. suffixed as half-hourly — “half-hour + ly”

Definitions

  1. Once every half-hour, every 30 minutes.

    • a half-hourly train service
    • A new half-hourly service between Stratford [Greater London] and Meridian Water was introduced on 9 September by Greater Anglia.

  2. At intervals of a half-hour, every 30 minutes.

    • Take this medicine half-hourly.

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