What does fortnightly mean?

fortnightly means "occurring every two weeks". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fortnightly?

fortnightly has 3 syllables: fort-night-ly. The stress falls on "fort". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹtˌnaɪtli/.

What is another word for fortnightly?

Close synonyms include biweekly, biweekly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fortnightly a common word?

fortnightly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fortnightly?

2 words rhyme with fortnightly. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Fortnightly — meaning, pronunciation and 2 senses

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
occurring every two weeks
Synonymsbiweekly
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adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
every two weeks
“he visited his cousins fortnightly”
Synonymsbiweekly

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