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I need a ly word for five times a week. Is there even such a word?

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  • I can do it in four words: "daily on weekdays only" and maybe with three by dropping "only." But not with just one. – cobaltduck Apr 08 '16 at 17:02
  • @cobaltduck "Only" is a ly word. Just saying. – Færd Apr 08 '16 at 17:04
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    @cobaltduck "daily on weekdays" seems redundant. "On weekdays" is enough, I think – NVZ Apr 08 '16 at 17:17
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    But this is something different than what is being asked for. If I suggest to someone that they water their plants 5 times a week, or that they take a medication 5 times a week, I am not necessarily suggesting that they do it only on weekdays. Perhaps a neologism is required--pentaweekly? –  Apr 08 '16 at 18:44
  • See http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/296556/why-there-are-two-different-meanings-for-triweekly for a discussion of why biweekly and triweekly should be avoided. Thus, by extension, a word for five times per week should be avoided. And surlawda makes another good point. – ab2 Apr 09 '16 at 01:28
  • See Notes to Reviewers – Lawrence Apr 09 '16 at 16:35

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There is weekdaily, but it is not common:

  • (rare) Of, pertaining to, or occurring on weekdays; especially, occurring on every weekday

    • The travel activity of residents of Center City and Cottage District neighborhoods results in significantly lower average weekdaily carbon emission than the regionwide averages. (2002, Roger Gorham, "Comparative Neighborhood Travel Analysis). (Wiktionary)
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    Was about to post the same thing... Seems like Wiktionary is the only dictionary that has it though. – Nick Apr 08 '16 at 17:07
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    Certainly it's an obvious neologism. It's not clear that it can be legitimately considered "legitimate", though. Ngram doesn't find it. – Hot Licks Apr 08 '16 at 17:25
  • Also, despite the "-ly" at the end, in the example given "weekdaily" seems to be used as an adjective, not a adverb. With that in mind, one could probably just say "weekday" instead and still be understood. – Doug Warren Apr 08 '16 at 17:41
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    In my entire English-speaking life of more than a few decades, I have never once heard "weekdaily" used. I would be very surprised and probably amused if I encountered it. When trying to help out, it's not the best policy to grab at anything that can be found, especially on Wictionary. It may make the OP subject to unwanted scrutiny to use a neologism for their purposes. – anongoodnurse Apr 08 '16 at 18:56
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I believe its better to use weekdays for this purpose. Why would you need a -ly?

Weekdays

on weekdays repeatedly : on any weekday

"takes a bus weekdays"

Weekdays is used in a different manner as shown above. Meanwhile weekday means:

any day of the week except Saturday and Sunday

This is assuming your "5 days a week" is not including the weekends.

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