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fortnightly

How many syllables in fortnightly?

  3 syllables

Divide fortnightly into syllables:   fort-night-ly
Primary syllable stress:   fort-night-ly
Secondary syllable stress:   fort-night-ly
How to pronounce fortnightly:   fawrt-nahyt-lee
How to say fortnightly:

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