bi-daily, bidaily or twice-daily? [closed]
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 ?
Twice-daily is probably the best choice since it is unambiguous and commonly used. Using either bidaily or bi-daily risks the reader getting muddled between "twice a day" and "every other day".
Neither the Oxford or Cambridge online dictionaries list bidaily or bi-daily, possibly for the reason given above. Collins lists bi-daily as a "new word suggestion" (status: rejected).
Whilst not exactly neologisms, bidaily and bi-daily haven't gained any traction as the following Ngram shows:
If we add "twice a day" into the mix, we get a much clearer picture:
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