Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

half-hourly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: half-hourly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Once every half-hour, every 30 minutes.

adv

At intervals of a half-hour, every 30 minutes.

Example Sentences

"a half-hourly train service"
"A new half-hourly service between Stratford [Greater London] and Meridian Water was introduced on 9 September by Greater Anglia."
"Take this medicine half-hourly."

Etymology

From half-hour + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: half-hour

Synonyms

semihourly twice-hourly

Questions

What does half-hourly mean?: Once every half-hour, every 30 minutes.
Where does half-hourly come from?: From half-hour + -ly.

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