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Poet deVine
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0 posted 2000-08-31 02:39 PM


What does this word mean? (I know I could look it up but I want you to tell me! DON'T look it up before you give your definition!)

hebdomadally


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Romy
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1 posted 2000-08-31 02:49 PM


sounds like, "he better not dally"


Sudhir Iyer
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2 posted 2000-08-31 03:14 PM


hey I have seen that word atleast once before in my life... and was stuck up (scourged thru little handy dictionaries ) finding its meaning and now I can't remember perfectly... the book was on the topic of 'time' and 'eras', 'periods' etc... don't know the name, stole   it to read from my dad's "Masters in English literature" 'study shelf'... Therefore, I have a feeling, this has to do something with annually, biennally... like in periods in number of a quantity of intervals of time...

or ... maybe letys split it up
heb-do-mad-ally if that is correct way to call the word, lets see
heb for hebrew...
do for domestic... of life etc...
mad - we all know...
ally - friend

now what could a mad domestic hebrew friend be called?  hebdomadally   is that word so old...

or no, this could be an adverb... with the word being hebdomadal-ly and pronounced
heb-do-ma-dal-ly

does it make any sense???

two is very likely so is three, but let me go with intution and think
hebdo-ma-dally
dally from daily
hebdo like hepto...

well lets see
daily
weekly
fortnightly
monthly
yearly... annually... biennally
hepto-ma-daily... in seven days?? yeah that's it... most probably... just a guess... but definitely has to be something to do with time...

OKAY TELL ME SOON, I AM DYING... to know... please...      


regards,
sudhir

Sudhir Iyer
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3 posted 2000-08-31 03:24 PM


I have a malady for sleeplessness...
no, not tranquilizers...

but S L E E P...

    

regards,
sudhir
P.S.
I am waiting here... or shall I wait till the morn.... to check      

Poet deVine
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4 posted 2000-08-31 04:41 PM


Sudhir!!! You amaze me!! You're right!

Now it's YOUR turn to try and stump us!

Severn
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5 posted 2000-08-31 05:26 PM


Sheesh Suddy...you snatched my chance...

(I knew it...truly I did...pah, hope none of you believe me...)

K

Jamie
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6 posted 2000-08-31 10:22 PM


I would have bet that it meant weekly



Jamie

Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil.
"Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely".



Jamie
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7 posted 2000-08-31 10:24 PM


and i just looked it up--- according to my dictionary it is an adjective meaning - Weekly-
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