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
What to Know About 'Criminal Minds: Evolution' The 10-episode season premieres May 8 and will release weekly every Thursday through July 10. Jenna Dejong, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025 On track to be the largest generation in the history of the world with more than 2.8 million people born weekly, Generation Alpha is the one that will shape the future of tourism, says Fowkes. Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 8 May 2025
Adjective
The resort’s wine lists are curated by committee at Weitzman’s weekly tasting with his team of 10 lead sommeliers. Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 Get a weekly round up of the top tech stories from around the world in your inbox every Friday. Ryan Browne, CNBC, 12 May 2025
Noun
Before training, for example, only 17% of women aged above 55 in its cohorts used AI weekly and only 9% daily. Reuters, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025 The Russell 2000 weekly: That the price has dropped below both the 50-week and the 200-week moving average shows how much weaker this group of stocks is than the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100. John Navin, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 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 19 May. 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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