Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

semi-daily

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.40 in modern English

Syllables: semi--dai-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring twice a day

adv

Example Sentences

"Saddle Up is our semi-daily preview of the night's best basketball action."
"They’re also trying to cause more fumbles, evident by a semi-daily drill in camp …"
"… he is going to ask a higher court to intervene over the false arrests, imprisonments, and other issues that arise on a semi-daily basis …"
"The documents say the 17-year-old told police he had been carrying the gun to school semi-daily since the beginning of the school year, …"

Etymology

From semi- + daily.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: semi

Inflected Forms

semidaily (alternative)

Synonyms

bidaily

Questions

What does semi-daily mean?: Occurring twice a day
Where does semi-daily come from?: From semi- + daily.

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