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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Adverb
An Enduring Love gets calls weekly from people interested in trying it. Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2024 Steady means the Bears can’t be turning to the leadership council for a come-to-Jesus meeting weekly. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2024
Adjective
Bollore, whose Vivendi group has swallowed the media interests of his fellow tycoon Arnaud Lagardere as well as CNews, now controls Sunday paper JDD and weekly JDNews which have a considerable right-wing spin. Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 2 Oct. 2024 That showed that, in the first three months of 2021, when Biden took office, the average weekly wage in Michigan was $1,162. Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 2 Oct. 2024
Noun
But their mission is to keep locals informed through publication of their print weekly, Bilopilshchyna. Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Oct. 2024 Hosted by Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, the series will premiere on the streamer on Oct. 16 with three episodes, followed by one new episode weekly. Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for weekly 

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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

Dictionary Entries Near weekly

Cite this Entry

“Weekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekly. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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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