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tri-weekly, a., (n.), and adv.|traɪˈwiːklɪ|
[tri- 3.]
A. adj.
a. Occurring every three weeks, or lasting for three weeks.
b. Usually, Occurring, appearing, or operating three times every week. Also absol. as n., a tri-weekly journal. orig. U.S.
1832W. T. Barry 17 May in Amer. State Papers (1834) XV. 348 The line of stages connecting Philadelphia and Delaware with the Eastern shore of Maryland and Virginia, has been increased from a bi-weekly, to a tri-weekly line. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVI. 14/2 Semi- or tri-weekly newspapers. 1851C. Cist Sk. Cincinnati in 1851 74 These are all dailies, tri-weeklies, and weekly reissues of dailies. 1884U.S. Census VIII. 111 Three months only the Spy ran as a tri-weekly, and but three months longer as a semi-weekly. 1895R. H. Sherard in Bookman Oct. 16/2 The tri-weekly supplement of La Lanterne. 1903Daily Chron. 15 Jan., The tri-weekly expresses running across Siberia. 1978D. Daiches Edinburgh vi. 110 The Caledonian Mercury (a tri-weekly founded in 1720).
B. adv.
a. Every three weeks.
b. Three times a week.
1837J. M. Peck Gazetteer Illinois (ed. 2) iii. 180 The mail..arrives here tri-weekly. 1884G. P. Keese in Harper's Mag. July 300/1 A line of..coaches has been established, leaving tri-weekly. 1901Daily News 12 Jan. 5/3 In consequence of military restrictions..the advertisement sheet which has been appearing every week will be issued tri-weekly. |