Definitions
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- adv. In periods of seven days; weekly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adv. In periods of seven days; weekly.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- By the week; from week to week.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adv. without missing a week
Etymologies
Examples
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The next time Nicholas spelled, he was given this gem, used to explain the word "hebdomadally"
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Behold the whole huge earth sent to me hebdomadally in a brown-paper wrapper!
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"Stacy told Alex that his dating prospects would improve greatly if he started bathing more than just hebdomadally."
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Earlier, 11-year-old Nicholas Rushlow of Pickerington correctly spelled "noisette" before stumbling on "hebdomadally" to tie for 17th place.
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As the bee's pronouncer asked Nicholas to spell the word "hebdomadally, '' the 11-year-old fifth-grader from Harmon Middle School good-naturedly responded," Heb-what-a-lee? ''
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He knew that word because he'd studied a lot of Latin and Greek, but when Dr. Bailey said hebdomadally, it didn't sound anything like the other words that he did know.
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I was excited, not nervous. hebdomadally [a word from Greek, via Latin, meaning "weekly"], spelling it hebdomitally.
reesetee commented on the word hebdomadally
Too true.
August 27, 2007
faraway commented on the word hebdomadally
Yeah, that's the problem with real life conversations - no Wordie links.
August 25, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hebdomadally
Sure does. Unfortunately, the excitement probably wanes after the fifth or sixth time you have to explain the word to someone. ;-)
August 23, 2007
faraway commented on the word hebdomadally
Dramatic, isn't it? :) To me it sounds like it's beating a drum. It actually makes "weekly" seem quite exciting.
August 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hebdomadally
Great word, faraway!
August 22, 2007