weekly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈwiːk.li/

Definition of weekly

6 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Once every week.
    “She visits her mother weekly.”
See all 6 definitions

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Once every week.
    “She visits her mother weekly.”
  2. (not-comparable)Every week.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Of or relating to a week.
  2. (not-comparable)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 garments.”

noun

  1. A publication that is published once a week.

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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”).

Find your best play with weekly

See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes weekly, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.