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Similar case in point: "bimonthly" means "twice a month." That makes sense.

But the definition for "bi-weekly" does not make sense.

What do you think?

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[-] Shalakushka@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

The word for "biweekly" you are looking for is "semi-weekly".

[-] gazter@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

If someone told me a thing happened semi-weekly, I would interpret that as almost-but-not-quite weekly, as in, most weeks this thing occurs- but not every week.

[-] Shalakushka@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

If someone asked you to draw a semicircle, would you draw almost a circle but not quite a whole circle? Or, would you draw half of a circle because semi means half?

[-] GiantRobotTRex@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 11 months ago

But a semi truck isn't half of a truck.

[-] pythonoob@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

And semi finals are almost the end.

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