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
Your engineering team ships weekly, but somehow pricing changes still take months. Scott Woody, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Crunchyroll will stream the new season exclusively worldwide, excluding Asia, with episodes dropping weekly on the same day as their Japanese broadcast. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Organic Cotton Button-front Cardigan September is the beginning of cardigan season, and this one will earn a permanent spot in your weekly rotation. Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2025 Thanks for reading and for subscribing to AZ Climate, the Arizona Republic's weekly environment newsletter. Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
Get insights into theater, music, movies, art and museums in the Queen City with our weekly Inside Charlotte Arts newsletter. Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025 Like his competitors, Sein makes a middle-of-the-night run to Chicago weekly to pick up supplies. Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 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 9 Sep. 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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