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  1. Why “daily” and not “dayly”? - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Apr 16, 2014 · daily (adj.) Old English dæglic (see day). This form is known from compounds: twadæglic “happening once in two days,” þreodæglic “happening once in three days;” the more usual Old …

  2. meaning - "Biweekly", "bimonthly", "biannual", and "bicentennial": dual ...

    What do lengths of time with the "bi" prefix mean"? I have understood bicentennial as once every two hundred years, but biannual as meaning twice a year. Do biweekly and bimonthly mean twice a week...

  3. vocabulary - Word to describe "everyday things" - English Language ...

    May 16, 2011 · Is there any one word which can describe everyday things? By this, I mean things we commonly regard as things most people do every day, like taking a shower, brushing your teeth, …

  4. What's the generic word for weekly/monthly etc. service?

    Aug 22, 2017 · 0 There's nothing wrong with using weekly, monthly, daily or using once a [week/month/day]. For example using: To get booked into a daily service. We provide daily services. …

  5. single word requests - Weekly, Daily, Hourly --- Minutely...? - English ...

    Sep 16, 2010 · "Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller time units …

  6. Word for groups of periods of time - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Sep 10, 2015 · I am looking for a word which would apply to the groupings of periods of time, for example: Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly, Annually etc For example, "this task happens daily" …

  7. "each day" → "daily"; "every other day" →? [duplicate]

    Feb 24, 2013 · Semi- is half, so semi-daily means on the half-days. The OED says it means twice a day, which is the same thing.

  8. recurring events - A word for "every two days" - English Language ...

    Aug 23, 2014 · Is there an adjective that means "every two days", i.e. is to a day as biennial is to a year?

  9. What is the meaning of the phrase “The morning constitutional”?

    What exactly is the meaning of the phrase “The morning constitutional”? Is it an early morning walk or the first visit to the bathroom during the day? What is the origin of this phrase? What is th...

  10. phrase requests - More professional word for "day to day task ...

    Apr 1, 2015 · I’m looking for a more professional term or phrase to describe “day to day task” or a task that is very common for a particular role of work.