semiannually
adverb
semiannually is an adverb meaning “In a semiannual manner, twice yearly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-M-I-A-N-N-U-A-L-L-Y and has 6 syllables, and it appears about once in every 27 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does semiannually mean?
adverb
- 1
In a semiannual manner, twice yearly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce semiannually?
Semiannually has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of semiannually
- semi-annually
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is semiannually?
Semiannually appears about once in every 27 million words in written English, the 157,761st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does semiannually come from?
From semi- + annually or semi- + annual + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).