Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb Once a week.
  • adverb Every week.
  • adverb By the week.
  • adjective Of or relating to a week.
  • adjective Occurring, appearing, or done once a week or every week.
  • adjective Computed by the week.
  • noun A publication issued once a week.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Once a week; at intervals of seven days: as, a paper published weekly; wages paid weekly.
  • 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.
  • noun A periodical, as a newspaper, appearing once a week.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Once a week; by hebdomadal periods.
  • noun A publication issued once in seven days, or appearing once a week.
  • adjective Of or pertaining to a week, or week days.
  • adjective Coming, happening, or done once a week; hebdomadary

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb Once every week.
  • adverb Every week.
  • adjective Of or relating to a week.
  • adjective Happening once a week, or every week.
  • noun A publication that is published once a week.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb without missing a week
  • adjective of or occurring every seven days
  • noun a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

week +‎ -ly

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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.

    Chapter 43 2010

  • 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.

    Chapter 43 1908

  • 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.

    Garrett Square Redone, Renamed at cvillenews.com 2003

  • 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.

    Paradise For Two Neels, Betty 1989

  • But Raven was on turnip patrol, which is what we called the weekly mission to Oar to purchase supplies.

    The Black Company Cook, Glen 1984

  • Intro stays in weekly contact with her Top 2 or 3.

    Carolyn Hax: Overgroomed, she wants to let her hair down Carolyn Hax 2010

  • 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.

    Quick Study: Yoga may help ease the debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia Post 2010

  • 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.

    Quick Study: Yoga may help ease the debilitating symptoms of fibromyalgia Post 2010

  • 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.

    Matthew Yglesias » What Instead? 2009

  • 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 2009

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