weekly

1 of 3

adverb

week·​ly ˈwē-klē 

: 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

As of July, the ADS system had surpassed 100 million miles of driving, and the software currently gains roughly two million miles weekly, the report said. —Stuart Dyos, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025

New episodes air weekly on Wednesdays and will be available to stream on Hulu the next day. —Jalen Williams, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025

Adjective

Additional episodes drop on a weekly basis until the finale on April 8, per the streamer. —Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025

But with Amazon, by the time a show gets to its third season — and sometimes earlier — Prime Video series switch to weekly releases. —Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 21 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, 22 Oct. 2025

New episodes of season one air weekly on Tuesdays through October 28, 2025. —Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025

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

Rhymes for weekly

• bleakly
• meekly
• weakly
• biweekly
• obliquely
• uniquely

Kids Definition

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