WEEKLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weekly mean? 

• WEEKLY (noun)
  The noun WEEKLY has 1 sense:

1. a periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)

  Familiarity information: WEEKLY used as a noun is very rare.

• WEEKLY (adjective)
  The adjective WEEKLY has 1 sense:

1. of or occurring every seven days

  Familiarity information: WEEKLY used as an adjective is very rare.

• WEEKLY (adverb)
  The adverb WEEKLY has 1 sense:

1. without missing a week

  Familiarity information: WEEKLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEEKLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A periodical that is published every week (or 52 issues per year)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("weekly" is a kind of...):

serial; serial publication; series (a periodical that appears at scheduled times)

• WEEKLY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or occurring every seven days

Synonyms:

hebdomadal; hebdomadary; weekly

Context example:

weekly paper

Similar:

periodic; periodical (happening or recurring at regular intervals)

Derivation:

week (a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday)

week (any period of seven consecutive days)

• WEEKLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without missing a week

Synonyms:

each week; every week; hebdomadally; weekly

Context example:

she visited her aunt weekly

 Context examples 

This species is catalase positive, urease negative, slightly beta-hemolytic weekly ferments xylose.

(Dermatophilus congolensis, NCI Thesaurus)

He compared it with what he found in the newspapers, weeklies, and cheap magazines, and decided that his was better, far better, than the average; yet it would not sell.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 17 Item (HAMD-17) Loss of weight according to weekly measurements.

(HAMD-17 - Loss of Weight According to Weekly Measurements, NCI Thesaurus)

Treatments were applied to all affected skin areas twice weekly for 12 weeks and every other day for an additional four weeks.

(Bacteria therapy for eczema shows promise in NIH study, National Institutes of Health)

Participants provided information on their usual weekly chocolate consumption, with one serving classified as 1 ounce (30 g).

(Eat Chocolate for Steady Heartbea, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It allows “virtually weekly” harvests, with a productivity rate up to 30 times as high as the biomass made from land vegetables.

(Petrobras considers producing biodiesel from microalgae, Agência Brasil)

I think, Miss Woodhouse, you and I must establish a musical club, and have regular weekly meetings at your house, or ours.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A new study suggests that regular weekly aerobic exercise may slow or prevent cognitive decline in older adults who are at a high risk of developing Alzheimer's.

(Aerobic Exercise Slows Cognitive Decline in Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Mrs. Price took her weekly walk on the ramparts every fine Sunday throughout the year, always going directly after morning service and staying till dinner-time.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21 Item (HAMD-21) Loss of weight on weekly ratings by war psychiatrist, when actual weight changes are measured.

(HAMD-21 - Loss of Weight Measured, NCI Thesaurus)