Definitions
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- adverb uncommon Three times per
year . - adverb proscribed, colloquial Occurring every
three years;triennially .
Etymologies
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tri- + annual + -ly
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Examples
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Tributes were required annually, biannually, or triannually, as determined by the distance to Beijing.
Between Winds and Clouds: The Making of Yunnan (Second Century BCE to Twentieth Century CE) 2008
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It meets triannually, bringing together the Sunday-school specialists from various denominations.
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Well, it's a well-known fact, Sonny Jim, that there's a secret society of the five wealthiest people in the world, known as The Pentavirate, who run everything in the world, including the newspapers, and meet triannually at a secret country mansion in Colorado, known as The Meadows.
Pharyngula 2009
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