Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. Once a week.
- adv. Every week.
- adv. By the week.
- adj. Of or relating to a week.
- adj. Occurring, appearing, or done once a week or every week.
- adj. Computed by the week: a weekly rate.
- n. A publication issued once a week.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of, pertaining to, or lasting for a week; reckoned by the week; produced or performed between one Sunday and the next: as, weekly work.
- Coming, happening, or done once a week: as, a weekly payment; a weekly paper; a weekly allowance; the -weekly sailings of steamers; a weekly mail.
- n. A periodical, as a newspaper, appearing once a week.
- Once a week; at intervals of seven days: as, a paper published weekly; wages paid weekly.
Wiktionary
- adv. Once every week.
- adv. Every week.
- adj. Of or relating to a week.
- adj. Happening once a week, or every week.
- n. A publication that is published once a week.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to a week, or week days.
- adj. Coming, happening, or done once a week; hebdomadary.
- n. A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.
- adv. Once a week; by hebdomadal periods.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. without missing a week
- adj. of or occurring every seven days
- n. a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)
Etymologies
- week + -ly (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Just as emotionlessly as he had received "The Shame of the Sun" did he read the reviews of it that came in weekly from the clipping bureau.”
“My point was that getting beat by a weekly is a particular shame, since as a daily you have seven chances a week to do a story before they even publish again.”
“Aunt Maud had gone to the Manor to Mrs. Vine, to visit her as she had taken to bed with arthritis, and Ellen and the daily woman were upstairs having what they called their weekly turnout.”
“But Raven was on turnip patrol, which is what we called the weekly mission to Oar to purchase supplies.”
“Tyler Cowen is probably correct that the quickest way to get some effective stimulus from tax cuts is via the payroll tax … say, rebate the payroll tax on the first $250 in weekly income.”
“So, if the family is in weekly therapy, maybe then things would be simply OK, but, normal?”
Elizabeth Edwards: I expect a paternity test on Hunter's child
“Intro stays in weekly contact with her Top 2 or 3.”
The Washington Post: Carolyn Hax: Overgroomed, she wants to let her hair down
“They were randomly assigned to participate in weekly two-hour yoga classes tailored for people with the condition or to be on a waiting list for the classes, which included gentle poses, meditation, breathing exercises, yoga-based coping instruction and group discussion.”
The Washington Post: Quick Study: Yoga may help ease the debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia
“The Dow industrials fell a second straight day, shedding 12.33 points, or 0.1%, to 11113.95 despite a decline in weekly jobless claims.”
“On Wall Street Thursday, stocks closed mixed despite a large drop in weekly jobless claims as investors grew more hesitant ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting next week.”
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