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
One, lets call her Maria, lives in New York and sends money weekly to her parents in Guatemala. Dean Debiase, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 Bookie season 2 premieres Thursday, Dec. 12 on Max, with new episodes dropping weekly. Joelle Goldstein, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
Therapists typically like to see clients at a regular cadence such as weekly or once every two weeks in order to meet treatment goals. Perri Ormont Blumberg, TIME, 13 Dec. 2024 Editor’s Note: This is a version of CNN’s Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain’s royal family. Kathy Rose O'Brien and Billy Stockwell, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
The rankings will be published on the Hotline weekly throughout the regular season. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024 Data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through Dec. 7, 2024. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024 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

Dictionary Entries Near weekly

Cite this Entry

“Weekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekly. Accessed 17 Dec. 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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