weekly
Americanadjective
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happening or taking place once a week or every week
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determined or calculated by the week
adverb
noun
Usage
What does weekly mean? Weekly most commonly means once a week or every week. It can be used this way as an adjective, as in a weekly meeting, or an adverb, as in We plan to meet weekly. Something described as weekly may happen on the same day every week or simply once a week at any time. Weekly can also mean calculated by week, as in I used to have a weekly quota, but now it’s monthly. Weekly can also be used as a noun referring to a publication that’s published weekly, as opposed to daily or monthly, for example (a daily newspaper can be called a daily). It’s often used in the name of such publications, like Us Weekly. Example: New episodes of my weekly podcast come out every Monday.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of weekly
late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at week, -ly
Explanation
If you routinely go to a yoga class every single Wednesday, you go weekly, or once every seven days. You might even refer to it as your weekly yoga class. Anything that happens once a week is weekly, whether it's your weekly viewing of a TV show, your weekly algebra study group, or your family's weekly pizza night. At work you might get a weekly paycheck — or you might have a weekly job, watering your neighbors' plants and feeding their fish every Saturday morning. A magazine or newspaper that's published once a week is sometimes called a weekly, too.
Example Sentences
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The above-7.03% was a weekly average, but 30-year mortgage rates actually hit 7.43% on Thursday, according to a survey of lenders by Mortgage News Daily.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
But net inflows for Bitcoin ETFs have surged, positioning the funds for their strongest weekly performance since October of last year, Massabni says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The information helps support Colorado's drought task force and contributes to weekly U.S.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
I’ve written before about my general resistance to rigid weekly meal prep.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2026
The only problem is that the carrot dumping became a weekly event, and it’s really not funny anymore.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
Most weeklies offered a daunting amount of space for small-town editors to fill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
He also formed the Casual Club Quintet, earning an honourable mention in Melody Maker, one of Britain's most influential music weeklies.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
“There used to be weeklies in the South Bay that my relatives would pick up only for the sports,” responded De la Torre, who’s of Ecuadorian descent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
Unless a local buyer is found for EO, the sales will leave Oregon with only about a dozen locally owned papers, mostly small weeklies.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
It was the forerunner of the many Bruno weeklies and monthlies, later published from other cities.
From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Ambrose Bierce
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