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half-yearly

adj

Etymology

From half-year + -ly; or half- + yearly.

  1. inherited from *yóh₁r̥✻ — “year, spring”
  2. inherited from *jērą✻
  3. inherited from *jār✻
  4. inherited from ġēar
  5. inherited from yeer
  6. prefixed as half-year — “half + year”
  7. suffixed as half-yearly — “half-year + ly”

Definitions

  1. Of which there are two in a year

    Of which there are two in a year; once every six months semiannual; biyearly.

  2. Twice in a year

    Twice in a year; semiannually.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA