Definition of Biweekly

1. Adverb. Twice a week. "He called home semiweekly"

Exact synonyms: Semiweekly
Partainyms: Semiweekly

2. Adjective. Occurring every two weeks.
Exact synonyms: Fortnightly
Similar to: Periodic, Periodical
Derivative terms: Fortnight

3. Noun. A periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year).
Generic synonyms: Serial, Serial Publication, Series

4. Adverb. Every two weeks. "He visited his cousins fortnightly"
Exact synonyms: Fortnightly
Partainyms: Fortnightly

5. Adjective. Occurring twice a week.
Exact synonyms: Semiweekly
Similar to: Periodic, Periodical

Definition of Biweekly

1. a. Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly.

Definition of Biweekly

1. Adjective. Occurring once every two weeks. ¹

2. Adjective. (chiefly British) Occurring twice a week (''but see the Usage notes''). ¹

3. Adverb. Every two weeks. ¹

4. Adverb. (chiefly British) Twice a week (''but see the Usage notes''). ¹

5. Noun. Something that is published or released once every two weeks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Biweekly

1. a publication issued every two weeks [n -LIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biweekly

bivouac sack
bivouac sacks
bivouack
bivouacked
bivouacking
bivouacks
bivouacs
bivvied
bivvies
bivvy
bivvying
bivy
biwa
biwas
biweeklies
biweekly (current term)
biwreye
biwreyed
biwreyes
biwreying
bix
bixbite
bixbyite
bixie
bixies
bixin
bixins
biyatch
biyatches
biyearly

Literary usage of Biweekly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1899)
"Requiring biweekly payment of wages in lawful money. The law under which persons convicted of vagrancy were sold at public auction to the highest bidder was ..."

2. Handbook For The Operation And Maintenance Of Hospital Medical Waste by DIANE Publishing Company (1990)
"The biweekly maintenance items include the inspection of the fuel trains, burners, and control panels. These pieces of equipment should also be cleaned as ..."

3. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"1917D 1162, 111 NE 299, LRA1916D 944, that though the statute gives the industrial board the power to commute biweekly payments, a decision of the board ..."

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