weekly

You might be confusing the word weekly with weakly. These words are commonly misused.

Word parts

week + -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /wiːk.li/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: weakly

Noun

Singular weekly

Plural weeklies

1. (countable) A weekly is a magazine or newspaper that you get once a week.

Adjective

Positive weekly

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If something happens weekly, it happens once a week.
   • Synonym: hebdomadal