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Webster 1913 Edition
Triweekly
Tri′weekˊly
,Adj.
[Pref.
tri-
+ weekly
.] Occurring or appearing three times a week; thriceweekly;
– as, a
. triweekly
newspaperadv.
Three times a week.
Noun.
A triweekly publication.
☞ This is a convenient word, but is not legitimately formed. It should mean occurring once in three weeks, as triennial means once in three years. Cf.
Biweekly
. Definition 2024
triweekly
triweekly
English
Adjective
triweekly (not comparable)
- Published three times a week.
- 1911, Eugene Field, Second Book of Tales:
- And then it appeared to be forgotten, or, at least, men seldom spoke of it, and presently it came to be accepted as the popular belief that the robbery had been committed by a gang of desperate tramps, this theory being confirmed by a certain exploit subsequently in the San Juan country, an exploit wherein three desperate tramps assaulted the triweekly road-hack, and, making off with their booty, were ultimately taken and strung up to a convenient tree.
- 2001 June 29, Michael Miner, “We Are Teachers, Hear Us Roar/Remembering Those Who Dodged”, in Chicago Reader:
- This string of daily papers in Aurora, Joliet, Elgin, and Waukegan, the triweekly Naperville Sun, and 13 Sun suburban weeklies, has been winning major press-photography awards hand over fist in recent years.
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Translations
published three times a week
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Noun
triweekly (plural triweeklies)
- A publication published three times a week.
Translations
a publication published three times a week
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