: every week : once a week : by the week
1
: occurring, appearing, or done weekly
weekly meetings
2
: reckoned by the week
weekly rental rates
Examples of weekly in a Sentence
Adjective
I make weekly trips to the grocery store.
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Rachel Keidan, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Paksa taught drawing and painting to children and met weekly with members of Juventud Peronista (JP), an unarmed wing of the Montoneros guerrillas that focused on community outreach and education.
—Daniel R. Quiles, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
And weekly filings for first-time jobless benefits have remained steadily low.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 3 Mar. 2026
Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
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Adverb
Compound Interest episodes will drop weekly on Tuesdays, streaming on Amazon Music, YouTube, and wherever podcasts are available.
—Rachel Keidan, semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
Paksa taught drawing and painting to children and met weekly with members of Juventud Peronista (JP), an unarmed wing of the Montoneros guerrillas that focused on community outreach and education.
—Daniel R. Quiles, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
Adjective
On the economic data front, investors awaiting weekly jobless claims on Thursday and looking ahead to February’s nonfarm payrolls report on Friday.
—Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026
And weekly filings for first-time jobless benefits have remained steadily low.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
Noun
At least an inch of water weekly is often necessary.
—Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 3 Mar. 2026
Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 2 Mar. 2026
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“Weekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekly. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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weekly
1 of 2 adjective
week·ly
ˈwē-klē 
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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