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  1. Why “daily” and not “dayly”? - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Apr 16, 2014 · Checking how adjectives related to time are created, I see: year → year ly month → month ly week → week ly day → da ily Why has “day” been derived into “daily” with an ‘i’ instead of …

  2. single word requests - Weekly, Daily, Hourly --- Minutely...? - English ...

    Sep 16, 2010 · "Hourly," "daily," "monthly," "weekly," and "yearly" suggest a consistent approach to creating adverbial forms of time measurements, but the form breaks down both in smaller time units …

  3. word choice - What is the collective term for "Daily", "Weekly ...

    May 20, 2016 · I am developing a business application in which the user can select from one of these options, namely "Daily", "Weekly", "Monthly" or "Yearly", for scheduling ...

  4. "each day" → "daily"; "every other day" →? [duplicate]

    Feb 24, 2013 · Is there an adjective that means "every other day"? I found "bidaily" but it seems to mean "twice a day", not "every second day" (not even both as "biweekly" does). I'd need this word to very …

  5. adjectives - bi-daily, bidaily or twice-daily? - English Language ...

    Nov 2, 2016 · I would like to say that a process happens two times a day, should I say: a twice-daily process a bi-daily process a bidaily process ?

  6. word choice - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Aug 27, 2017 · I have this list of choices: Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, once The last one "once" is used to indicate thing that occurs only one time. I wanted to keep up with pattern of the first four wo...

  7. Word for groups of periods of time - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Sep 10, 2015 · I am looking for a word which would apply to the groupings of periods of time, for example: Daily, Weekly, Bi-Weekly, Monthly, Annually etc For example, "this task happens daily" …

  8. recurring events - A word for "every two days" - English Language ...

    Aug 23, 2014 · Is there an adjective that means "every two days", i.e. is to a day as biennial is to a year?

  9. What's the generic word for weekly/monthly etc. service?

    Aug 22, 2017 · My guesses are: recurring or cyclic order/service. In what cases would you use one or the other? Context: A customer can book a one-time service or choose an interval. I'd like to name a …

  10. Is the word "psithurism" really used in English?

    Jun 4, 2020 · The OED notes of psithurism, "Obsolete. Forms: α. psithurisma. β. psithurism. This word belongs in Frequency Band 1. Band 1 contains extremely rare words unlikely ever to appear in …