# weekly

Pronunciation: say "WEEK-lee" /ˈwiːk.li/

## Adjective

1. Taking place once a week, or recurring at intervals of one week.
   - Simple: Done or happening one time each week, or every week.
   - _Her weekly piano lessons take place every Thursday afternoon._
   - _The committee publishes a weekly summary of its activities._
3. Relating to a week, or to the period covered by one week.
   - Simple: Connected to a week, or covering one week's time.
   - _The weekly total of rainfall was higher than the average._
   - _Her weekly budget covers food, fuel, and transport._

## Adverb

2. Once a week or every week.
   - Simple: One time every week.
   - _The cleaners come weekly, usually on Wednesdays._
   - _Residents must put out their trash cans weekly._

## Noun

4. A periodical, such as a magazine or newspaper, that is issued once every week.
   - Simple: A magazine or newspaper that comes out once a week.
   - _The town's weekly ran a front-page story on the election._
   - _Many literary weeklies struggled when advertising revenue fell._

## Origin

From Middle English wykely, formed from week plus the suffix -ly, used as either an adverb or an adjective. It is related to Dutch wekelijks and German wöchentlich.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/weekly (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).