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
Tuesday, July 22 will be the second of four Tuesdays in the summer event, which offers new missions weekly through the Chick-fil-A app. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025 Mazzarella reportedly earned $84 weekly and worked his way up to night editor before being transferred to work for the AP in New York. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 21 July 2025
Adjective
Get more West Valley news straight into your email inbox by signing up for our free weekly West Valley Newsletter, which comes out on Tuesdays. Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 24 July 2025 Labor Day has long been an unofficial mark of the end of summer — and the next three-day weekend before students and workers generally resume their five-day weekly schedules. Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
Noun
Data, which is updated on this page weekly, is through July 19, 2025. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 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, Oc Register, 17 July 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 29 Jul. 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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