half-hourly
adjective [before noun], adverb /ˌhɑːfˈaʊe.li/
/ˌhæfˈaʊr-/ Definition
› happening twice every hour: There's a half-hourly train service to London from here.Relating to regular periods of time
(Definition of half-hourly adjectiveadverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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