weekly

A publication that is published once a week.

Adjective

  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.
    • 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...

Origin

From Middle English wykely (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”).

Synonyms

hebdomadal hebdomadary

Adverb

  1. Once every week.
    • She visits her mother weekly.
  2. Every week.

Synonyms

hebdomadally

Derived

biweekly semi-weekly thrice-weekly twice-weekly twi-weekly

Noun

  1. A publication that is published once a week.

Forms

weeklies

Related

frequency

Derived

alt-weekly