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
The first two episodes of Under the Bridge are streaming now on Hulu, with additional episodes releasing weekly. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2024 New episodes of Shōgun release weekly on Tuesdays and are available to stream on Hulu and Disney+. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024 Updates are released weekly on Fridays through June. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024 While Israelis have protested weekly to demand the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu bring home hostages — or more recently to call for early elections — permits for anti-war protests have been harder to come by. Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024 Season 4 will include 14 episodes premiering weekly. Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024 Its charts appear weekly in the Billboard Country Update (see page 4). Tom Roland, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2024 The first two episodes of Sugar are now streaming on Apple TV+, with additional episodes releasing weekly. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024 The choir, which is made up of more than 100 active choir members, meets weekly for rehearsals with an award-winning jazz soul band. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
Adjective
The four-week average of claims, which softens some of the weekly volatility, was also unchanged at 214,500. Matt Ott, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024 That’s the largest weekly total for any series on Max in the nearly four years of Nielsen’s streaming rankings, edging out the 1.19 billion for The Last of Us in early 2023. Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024 The 54th season of the show began in November and contains 35 weekly episodes. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 18 Apr. 2024 Some doctors have been prescribing the weekly injection off label to people with obstructive sleep apnea, and Lilly has been testing the drug for obstructive sleep apnea since June 2022. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2024 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, In The Know, to get entertainment news sent straight to your inbox. Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2024 Cost varies depending on how many half-day classes are included in each weekly camp and range from $85 to $170. Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024 Subscribe to Impact Report, a weekly newsletter on the trends and issues shaping corporate sustainability. Philip Marcelo, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2024 The Bee will publish weekly updates on health inspections across Sacramento County. Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
Noun
The margins have moved closer to the center, thanks in no small measure to the cadre of alternative weeklies that for generations called attention to what the media were leaving out. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024 Water weekly when the soil surface is slightly damp or dry. Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024 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, 25 Feb. 2024 Check us out here and sign up for our weekly Under the Dome newsletter for more political news. Brian Murphy, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024 Larkin figured out how to make the weekly, which was distributed for free on street corner stands, a thriving business. Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2024 After more than three months of calling police weekly, Quarles received a call informing her that officers in Henderson, North Carolina, had arrested 43-year-old Darrick Miles in her son's Sept. 1 shooting in southwest Washington. USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024 The exhilarating recap of the Voice’s ascendancy — the story of the Village newspaper that could — takes a mournful turn as witnesses of the wreckage offer their differing autopsies of a storied alternative weekly’s destruction. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024 The Montréal to Los Angeles route will begin on June 27, operating 4x weekly. Stella Shon, Travel + Leisure, 19 Mar. 2024

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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

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Cite this Entry

“Weekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekly. Accessed 25 Apr. 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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