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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Once in five years; during a period of five years.

Wiktionary

  1. adv. Every five years.

Etymologies

  1. From quinquennial +‎ -ly. (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “Each of the new Provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan are to be paid a per capita allowance on a minimum population of 250,000, increasing quinquennially from 1901 until a maximum population of 800,000 souls is attained-twice that in the Maritime Provinces, and but little over one-half of that in Ontario.”

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  • “How rapidly the traffic attracted by the economy in distance thus effected has developed, is best illustrated by the following statement, taken quinquennially from the company's returns:”

    East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan

  • “It is hoped that, unlike the earlier edition, it will be subjected to continual updating, if not annually then at least quinquennially.”

    Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3

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