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
They're instructed to return to visit the artwork weekly; to sit, stand or kneel in front of it for about 15 minutes; then write a response paper each week. Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025 The day care closed repeatedly, because of transportation strikes and public holidays that seemed to happen weekly, putting our lives on hold. Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The Billboard Pop Shop Podcast is your one-stop shop for all things pop on Billboard‘s weekly charts. Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025 Joining a group of friends that includes songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, studio executive Sherry Lansing and producer Lauren Shuler Donner, Keaton attended Saturday movie nights, a longtime weekly tradition. Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
Episodes air weekly and at least one dancing partner will be packing their bags each week until the finale. Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025 Welcome back to In the Loop, TIME’s new twice-weekly newsletter about AI. Billy Perrigo, Time, 14 Oct. 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 17 Oct. 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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