weekly

American  

[week-lee] / ˈwik li /

adjective

1. done, happening, appearing, etc., once a week, or every week.

   a weekly appointment with an analyst.

2. computed or determined by the week.

   a special weekly rate.

3. of or relating to a week or the working days in a week.

   a day of respite from our weekly labors.

---

adverb

1. once a week; by the week.

   to visit someone weekly; to pay rent weekly.

noun

plural

weeklies

1. a publication appearing once a week.

weekly British  

/ ˈwiːklɪ /

adjective

1. happening or taking place once a week or every week

2. determined or calculated by the week

---

adverb

1. once a week or every week

noun

1. a newspaper or magazine issued every week

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.

Etymology

Origin of weekly

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; 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

For those gathering at the weekly Spud Club at the village's Methodist church, which organises social events, there were concerns about air quality getting worse in the area.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

U.S. natural gas futures inched higher to snap a five-session losing streak ahead of weekly inventory data that are expected to show the storage surplus stretching to 100 Bcf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

A break below this level would bring weekly pivot of Y158.08 and the Y158 level into focus, the analyst adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

During that stretch, Davis has waffled between hopeless and hopeful on a weekly basis.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

It was Sunday, and she was preparing the weekly lesson for her clan of boys in the Junior Department of her church.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Related Words

• account
• almanac
• annals
• calendar
• daily
• diary
• gazette
• magazine
• memoir
• monthly
• newspaper
• note
• paper
• periodical
• publication
• review
• tabloid