Similar case in point: “bimonthly” means “twice a month.” That makes sense.

But the definition for “bi-weekly” does not make sense.

What do you think?

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    11 months ago

    It’s because of British English, and the fact that American English seems to have dropped a word which is caused confusion.

    Bi-weekly means two times a week.

    Fortnightly means every 2 weeks. But American English seems to have lost the word fortnightly, so there is this ambiguity now.