half-yearly
advEtymology From half-year + -ly; or half- + yearly.
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Twice in a year; semiannually.
half-yearly
adjEtymology From half-year + -ly; or half- + yearly.
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Of which there are two in a year; once every six months semiannual; biyearly.
- However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55: