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
While none of the new Breeze destinations for San Diego are currently served by any of the airlines operating out of San Diego International Airport, Southwest Airlines will be offering a single nonstop flight weekly to Pittsburgh this summer between June and August. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024 The Girls on the Bus (10 episodes) premieres March 14 with two episodes on Max, with subsequent episodes airing weekly. Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024 The Jackson Heights Beautification Group has a volunteer team called Tree LC, which meets weekly in Queens. Jane Margolies, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 New episodes of Shogun release weekly on Tuesdays and are available to stream on Hulu and Disney+. Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024 The first episode is set to drop on all major podcast platforms on March 21 and will be followed by new episodes weekly. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024 The nonstop flights will run twice weekly, on Thursdays and Sundays. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024 The new summer seasonal service to LAX will depart twice weekly from Madison, beginning May 22, 2024, according to a news release from the airport. Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024 The flexibility in accumulating this experience—ranging from 20 hours weekly over two years to full-time work for a minimum of 42 weeks—accommodates personal and professional circumstances. Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 19 Feb. 2024
Adjective
He is also prohibited from leaving Spanish territory and must make weekly appearances at the provincial court. Pau Mosquera, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024 Satisfaction with work location was down 9% in 2023 compared to the year before, and satisfaction with weekly work schedules was down 11% over the same period. Azure Gilman, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024 Residents looking to the city to deal with such problems are now limited to filing only two complaints a week, down from the previous weekly threshold of five submissions. The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024 Subscribe to The Trump Trials, our weekly email newsletter on Donald Trump's four criminal cases The issue of the new potential evidence was serious enough that even Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) agreed on the need for an initial delay to review the material. Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024 In addition to weekly therapy, he was eventually medicated. David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2024 In the months leading up to the Oct. 7 terror attack, Israelis had been holding mass weekly demonstrations against his government’s plans to overhaul the country’s judiciary. Ruth Marks Eglash, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2024 Over the next two decades, Castro drove across the state on a weekly basis and sometimes, even to California and Nevada, to collect free food. Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Mar. 2024 Our weekly Best of the West (BOTW) rankings during the regular season offered fans a means of comparing teams in different leagues. Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
Noun
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 In the last month, the U.S. was seeing, on average, just shy of 2,000 deaths from COVID weekly, which were some of the highest death counts in a year. Julia Landwehr, Health, 15 Feb. 2024 His services draw 45,000 attendees to the Houston area church weekly, in addition to people around the nation who tune in for online and television sermons, according to his website. Steve Almasy, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024 The dog’s owner has been using this shampoo weekly for a few months and has seen good results. Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024 While many alternative weeklies face the same financial pressures as traditional media organizations, including a decline in print advertising, the Eugene Weekly had remained relatively stable. Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024 Local Eugene news outlets KEZI and KLCC were among the first to report the weekly’s return to print. Claire Rush, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2024 New Times grew into a chain of weeklies in several cities. Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 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

Dictionary Entries Near weekly

Cite this Entry

“Weekly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weekly. Accessed 29 Mar. 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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