fortnightlyadj.adv.n.
/ˈfɔːtnʌɪtli/, U.S. /ˈfɔrtˌnaɪtli/ A. adj.
Happening or appearing once in a fortnight.
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the world > time > period > a week > [adjective] > occurring every specific number of weeks
fortnight1549
fortnightly1800
tri-weekly1832
1800 Dundee Mag. Dec. Pref. He then published a Fort~nightly Magazine which was carried on for two years.
1881 Macmillan's Mag. 43 436/1 Fort~nightly Sunday concerts are to be given next season.
B. adv.
Once in a fortnight.
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the world > time > period > a week > [adverb] > every specific number of weeks
week and week about1796
fortnightly1820
tri-weekly1837
1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Aug. 144/2 His fine suite of official rooms..resounded fortnightly to the notes of a concert.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 325 The masons..were paid fortnightly.
C. n.
A newspaper or magazine published fortnightly. Cf. bi-weekly adj. at bi- comb. form 1d(a).Quots. 1865 and 1929 refer specifically to the Fortn. Rev. (1865–), re-titled The Fortnightly from July 1934.
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society > communication > journalism > journal > periodical > [noun] > by frequency of publication
quarterly1818
trimestrial1824
anniversary1827
monthly1830
tri-weekly1832
hebdomadal1835
fortnightly1865
three-monthly1886
bi-weekly1890
seasonal1895
bi-monthly1926
1865 G. H. Lewes Jrnl. 13 May in ‘G. Eliot’ Lett. (1955) IV. 192 The First Number of the Fortnightly appeared.
1929 Fortn. Rev. Aug. p. ii (advt.) The Fortnightly announces for September The Car Mind By G. R. Stirling-Taylor... Also other notable articles, stories and poems.
1966 in Random House Dict. Eng. Lang.
1984 G. Smith Eng. Compan. (1985) 96 Private Eye, an offset-litho fortnightly begun in 1961.
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