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
Episodes will shift to 90 minutes weekly starting Wednesday, March 5 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025 When Herring and his colleagues started Bridge in 2016, between 10 and 20 people arrived weekly. Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Adjective
The iPhone maker owes its best weekly performance since July to bullish developments around Apple Intelligence in China, where the company is partnering with Alibaba to roll out its suite of artificial intelligence features. Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2025 The driveway has room for one car. Utilities: Rent includes weekly gardening service and water, but not gas, electricity or cable/internet. Angela Serratore, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Noun
Tester feedback: Allure social director Kassidy Silva uses this mask weekly. Annie Blackman, Allure, 14 Feb. 2025 Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North. Richard Dunn, Orange County Register, 6 Feb. 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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Cite this Entry

“Weekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekly. Accessed 22 Feb. 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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