Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By the week; from week to week.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In periods of seven days; weekly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In periods of
seven days ;weekly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without missing a week
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hebdomadally.
Examples
-
The next time Nicholas spelled, he was given this gem, used to explain the word "hebdomadally"
unknown title 2009
-
The next time Nicholas spelled, he was given this gem, used to explain the word "hebdomadally"
-
Behold the whole huge earth sent to me hebdomadally in a brown-paper wrapper!
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
-
Behold the whole huge earth sent to me hebdomadally in a brown-paper wrapper!
The Biglow Papers James Russell Lowell 1855
-
"Stacy told Alex that his dating prospects would improve greatly if he started bathing more than just hebdomadally."
-
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? ''
dispatch.com: RSS 2009
-
"Stacy told Alex that his dating prospects would improve greatly if he started bathing more than just hebdomadally."
unknown title 2009
-
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.
-
Earlier, 11-year-old Nicholas Rushlow of Pickerington correctly spelled "noisette" before stumbling on "hebdomadally" to tie for 17th place.
unknown title 2009
-
Earlier, 11-year-old Nicholas Rushlow of Pickerington correctly spelled "noisette" before stumbling on "hebdomadally" to tie for 17th place.
unknown title 2009
reesetee commented on the word hebdomadally
Great word, faraway!
August 22, 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
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
Yeah, that's the problem with real life conversations - no Wordie links.
August 25, 2007
reesetee commented on the word hebdomadally
Too true.
August 27, 2007