Besides the ambiguity of the words "bi-weekly" or "bi-monthly," I think that they are esthetically ugly and artificial words that detract from the English language. Possible Duplicate: Are there any words I can use to disambiguate “biweekly”? Is there a term two designate a frequency of "every two weeks", like "weekly" for "every week".
"Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller time units ("secondly," "minutely"—perhaps because of the danger of confusion with other meanings of those words) and in larger ones ("decadely," "centurily ... single word requests - Weekly, Daily, Hourly --- Minutely...? - English ... What do lengths of time with the "bi" prefix mean"?
Weekly Flyer Big Y, I have understood bicentennial as once every two hundred years, but biannual as meaning twice a year. Do biweekly and bimonthly mean twice a week... What's the generic word for weekly/monthly etc. service? Ask Question Asked 8 years, 7 months ago Modified 8 years, 7 months ago What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly" and "Yearly"?
Weekly Flyer Big Y, Ask Question Asked 9 years, 10 months ago Modified 8 years, 7 months ago word choice - What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly ...
