weekly

From Middle English wekely, weikly (adverb), equivalent to week +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix) or week +‎ -ly (adjectival suffix). Compare Dutch wekelijks (“weekly”), German wöchentlich (“weekly”), Danish ugentlig (“weekly”), Norwegian ukentlig (“weekly”), Icelandic vikulega (“weekly”), Swedish veckovis (“weekly”).

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• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːk.li/
• Rhymes: -iːk.li
• Homophone: weakly

weekly (not comparable)

1. Once every week.

   She visits her mother weekly.

2. Every week.

• hebdomadally

weekly (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a week.
2. Happening once a week, or every week.

   He's going for his weekly check-up at the hospital.

   In summer, we cut the grass on a weekly basis.

   • 2020 October 19, Miriam Jordan, “Migrant Workers Restricted to Farms Under One Grower’s Virus Lockdown”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 19 October 2020:

     In Virginia, gone are the weekly outings to Walmart to stock up on provisions; to El Ranchito, the Mexican convenience store, to buy shell-shaped concha pastries; and to the laundromat to machine wash heavily soiled garments.

• hebdomadal
• (obsolete) hebdomadary

weekly (plural weeklies)

2. A publication that is published once a week.

• alt-weekly

• Japanese: ウィークリー (wīkurī)

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