Definition of fortnightly
: occurring or appearing once in a fortnight
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First Known Use of fortnightly
1800
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Recent Examples of fortnightly from the Web
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The Vienna circle was made up mainly of physicists, mathematicians and philosophers, whose fortnightly meetings were dedicated to investigating problems of logic, science, language and mathematics.
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The Phnom Penh Post, which ran fortnightly, started publishing six days a week in 2008.
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First Known Use of fortnightly
1820
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Definition of fortnightly
plural fortnightlies
: a publication issued fortnightly
First Known Use of fortnightly
1940
FORTNIGHTLY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of fortnightly for English Language Learners
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: happening or appearing once every two weeks
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