weekly

1 of 3

adverb

week·​ly ˈwē-klē How to pronounce weekly (audio)
: every week : once a week : by the week

weekly

2 of 3

adjective

1
: occurring, appearing, or done weekly
weekly meetings
2
: reckoned by the week
weekly rental rates

weekly

3 of 3

noun

plural weeklies
: a weekly newspaper or periodical

Examples of weekly in a Sentence

Adjective I make weekly trips to the grocery store.
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Adverb
Scheppers said the team meets weekly to review policy and hopes to complete the review of Section 400 by the 2025-26 school year. Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 3 Apr. 2025 Each new episode is released weekly until April 17. Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
Adjective
Mila goes through albums to select a photograph to submit to the Exodus, the weekly community newspaper whose back pages are reserved for obituaries. David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025 The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States. Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Noun
The Last of Us Season 2 Release Schedule New episodes of The Last of Us will debut on HBO and be available to stream on Max weekly. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025 How to watch new episodes of 'Hacks' Season 4 The ten-episode season will air on HBO and stream on Max weekly at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for weekly

Word History

First Known Use

Adverb

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1825, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of weekly was in the 15th century

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“Weekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekly. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

weekly

1 of 2 adjective
week·​ly ˈwē-klē How to pronounce weekly (audio)
1
: occurring, done, produced, or published every week
2
: figured by the week
a weekly wage
weekly adverb

weekly

2 of 2 noun
plural weeklies
: a weekly publication

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