fortnightly, a., adv., and n.
(ˈfɔːtnaɪtlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly.]
A. adj. Happening or appearing once in a fortnight. B. adv. Once in a fortnight.
| 1800 Dundee Mag. Dec. Pref., He then published a Fort⁓nightly Magazine which was carried on for two years. 1820 Lamb Elia, Ser. i. South-Sea Ho., His fine suite of official rooms..resounded fortnightly to the notes of a concert. 1854 H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 325 The masons..were paid fortnightly. 1881 Macm. Mag. XLIII. 436/1 Fort⁓nightly Sunday concerts are to be given next season. |
C. n. A newspaper or magazine published fortnightly. Cf. biweekly s.v. bi-2 4 a.
Quots. 1865 and 1929 refer specifically to the Fortnightly Review (1865–), re-titled The Fortnightly from July 1934.
| 1865 G. H. Lewes Jrnl. 13 May in G. Eliot Lett. (1955) IV. 192 The First Number of the Fortnightly appeared. 1929 Fortnightly Rev. Aug. p. ii (Advt.), The Fortnightly announces for September The Car Mind By G. R. Stirling-Taylor... Also other notable articles, stories and poems. 1966 in Random House Dict. 1984 G. Smith Eng. Compan. (1985) 96 Private Eye, an offset-litho fortnightly begun in 1961. |