weekly
weekly — adjective
1. Done, happening, or produced one time per seven-day period, as part of a regular
Done, happening, or produced one time per seven-day period, as part of a regular schedule.
The Watanabe family holds a weekly meeting every Sunday evening.
collocation: weekly meeting
Ayana reads the weekly newsletter from her school to stay informed about events.
Our weekly yoga class costs about the same as a single movie ticket.
The bakery near the station runs a weekly special on fresh bread every Friday.
Her boss asked for a weekly progress report every Monday morning.
- once-a-week
hyphenated compound used informally in the same position (e.g. a once-a-week class)
用法筆記
Frequently used before nouns such as meeting, report, class, newsletter, and payment. Many common expressions (weekly wage, weekly rent) use this adjective form even though they refer to amounts paid per week.
常見錯誤
weekly — noun
1. A magazine or a newspaper that appears once each week and typically covers recen
A magazine or a newspaper that appears once each week and typically covers recent developments or local topics of interest.
Jisoo writes for a local weekly that covers community news.
collocation: local weekly
The library subscribes to more than a dozen different weeklies.
Dario found a job advertisement in the back pages of a city weekly.
Many weekly newspapers now post their articles online every day too.
A gardening weekly helped Iris learn how to prune her rose bushes.
- periodical
broader term covering publications issued at regular intervals (weekly, monthly, quarterly)
用法筆記
Countable noun — one weekly, two weeklies. The plural form weeklies is common when referring to multiple publications. Often modified by a descriptive adjective (local weekly, student weekly, business weekly).
常見錯誤
weekly — adverb
1. Once in each seven-day period; happening or done regularly each week without bei
Once in each seven-day period; happening or done regularly each week without being skipped.
The nurse visits Mrs. Chen at home weekly to check her blood pressure.
verb + weekly: visits ... weekly
Tomás fertilises his rose bushes weekly throughout the growing season.
The magazine is published weekly, so each issue contains fairly fresh news.
Employees at this factory are paid weekly rather than monthly.
Astrid's grandmother calls her from Brazil weekly without ever missing a week.
- every week
equivalent adverbial phrase; more common in spoken English than the single word 'weekly'
- once a week
synonymous adverbial phrase emphasising the single occurrence per week
- per week
used with measurements of rate (e.g. 'paid per week') rather than actions
用法筆記
Weekly as an adverb typically appears after the verb (paid weekly, published weekly). It is distinct from the adjective form, which appears before a noun (weekly payment). Learners sometimes confuse the two forms by writing 'a weekly meeting' (adjective, correct) vs 'we meet weekly' (adverb, correct) — both are valid but in different structures.